Applesauce date cake
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Flour (unsifted) |
| 2 | teaspoons | Soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Allspice |
| ½ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Cloves |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | cup | Lt. brown sugar (packd firm) |
| ½ | cup | Butter (softened) |
| 2 | cups | Applesauce (heated) |
| 1 | cup | Dates (chopped) |
| ¾ | cup | Pecans (coarse-shopped) |
| Butter frosting | ||
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease well and flour a 9X9X2" pan. 2. Into large bowl, sift flour with soda, spices and salt. Add eggs, brown sugar, butter, and 1 cup hot applesauce; at low speed, beat just until the ingredients are combined. 3. At medium speed, beat 2 minutes longer, occasionally scraping the side of the bowl and guiding mixture into the beater with a rubber scraper. 4. Add remaining applesauce, dates, and walnuts; beat 1 minute. 5. Pour batter into pan. Bake 50 minutes OR UNTIL straw comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes in pan.