Applesauce Cake

Applesauce Cake

Ingredients:

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
2 cups apple sauce
3 cups sifted all-purpose unbleached flour
1 ¾ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup seedless raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350F.  Grease a medium sized baking pan and lightly sprinkle with flour.  Set aside.  Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl.  Add the applesauce (make sure it’s cold) and 2 ¾ cups flour.  Mix well.  Fold in the raisins, remaining flour and vanilla extract.  Mix well and poured into greased baking pan.  Bake approximately 1 to 1 hour and 15 minutes until golden and baked through.  Let cool for 5 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Note:  You can also add 1 cup chopped walnuts to this bread when you fold in the raisins.

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