1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
Sift together first three ingredients. Cream together shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Add milk alternately with flour mixture. Beat ½ minute. Place ⅓ of batter in a small bowl; stir in molasses and spices. Pour light and dark batters alternately into a well-greased, lightly floured, 8-inch, tube cake pan or into a 9x9x2-inch pan. Bake tube cake 1 hour in moderately slow oven (325° F.); the 9x9x2-inch cake 45 minutes in moderate oven (350° F.). Frost as desired.
YIELD: 12 servings.
APPLESAUCE CAKE (one-bowl method)
(Have all ingredients at room temperature)
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon double-acting or 1½ teaspoons cream of tartar baking powder
¾ teaspoon soda