by Brent, Cora
Below is Promise’s Applesauce Cake recipe described in Chapter Twenty Five. This was a recipe adapted from various sources and I’ve been making it since I was a kid. I tentatively recall that during the Great Depression, cakes using applesauce as a primary ingredient came into fashion as sugar became increasingly expensive and difficult to acquire. Their revised descendants remain popular today and delicious as ever.
Promise’s Applesauce Cake
2 ½ Cups Flour
1 ½ Cups Sweetened Applesauce
2 Cups Sugar
1 ½ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Allspice
½ tsp Ground Cloves
¾ tsp Cinnamon
1 ½ tsp Salt
½ Cup Softened Butter
½ Cup Water
2 Eggs
1 Cup Raisins (optional*)
*Place raisins in bowl of warm water to plump
Combine dry ingredients and mix well
Add remaining ingredients, except raisins, and mix thoroughly, preferably using an electric mixer but in its absence enthusiastic elbow grease will do
Drain raisins and add to batter
Grease/flour 13x9 cake pan
Pour cake batter into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes
