Apple Fruit Cake
½ cup butter
1 No. 2 can (2 cups) apple pie filling
1 cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1½ cups raisins
1½ cups currants
1 cup pecans
1 cup mixed candied fruit
1 cup candied cherries
Melt butter in a saucepan; add apple pie filling and sugar. Continue heating, stirring occasionally until sugar melts; cool. Sift together dry ingredients. Mix raisins, currants, pecans, candied fruits and cherries with dry ingredients. Combine apple mixture and dry ingredients. Pour into foil-lined 9-inch tube pan. Bake at 300° for 90 minutes or until done. Serve with butter sauce if desired.
Butter Sauce
¼ cup butter
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
½ cup cold water
1½ teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon vinegar
Cream butter; gradually add sifted confectioners’ sugar, creaming until fluffy. Stir cold water into cornstarch; cook and stir until clear and thick. Stir hot mixture into butter mixture; add vanilla and vinegar. Serve warm. Makes about ¾ cup.