APPLE SAUCE CAKE
- ½ pint (1 cup) sour apple sauce
- 1 teaspoonful baking soda
- ½ lb. (1 cup) sugar
- ¼ lb. (½ cup) butter or lard
- 1 saltspoonful salt
- ½ teaspoonful powdered cloves
- 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoonful grated nutmeg
- 3 tablespoonfuls warm water
- 7 ozs. (1¾ cups) flour
- 1 cupful Sultana raisins
Cream the butter and sugar together, add the salt, spices, raisins, cleaned, the soda dissolved in the warm water, apple sauce, and the flour. Beat all thoroughly together and pour into a buttered and floured shallow casserole.
Bake in a moderate oven for forty-five minutes.