CAKES AND COOKIES[11]
490.—APPLE SAUCE CAKE (without Butter, Eggs, or Milk)
| 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce | ¼ teaspoon salt |
| ½ cup melted shortening | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 1 cup sugar | ½ teaspoon nutmeg |
| 1 teaspoon soda | ¼ teaspoon clove |
| 2 cups flour | 1 cup raisins seeded and chopped |
Mix in order given, sifting dry ingredients together, beat well, pour into a deep pan, and bake about one hour in a slow oven.
491.—CANADA WAR CAKE (without Butter, Eggs, or Milk)
| 1 cup brown sugar | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| ¼ cup shortening | ½ teaspoon mace |
| 1 cup boiling water | ¼ teaspoon clove |
| 2 cups seeded raisins | 1 teaspoon soda |
| ½ teaspoon salt | 2 cups flour |
Mix sugar, shortening, water, raisins, and salt; boil five minutes; cool, and add spices, soda, and flour sifted together; beat well; pour into a greased, paper-lined bread pan, and bake in a slow oven one hour.
492.—DATE CAKE
| 1/3 cup melted shortening | 1¾ cups flour |
| 1¼ cups brown sugar | 3½ teaspoons baking powder |
| 1 egg unbeaten | ½ teaspoon mace |
| ½ cup milk | 1 cup dates stoned and chopped |
Mix in order given, and beat vigorously for three or four minutes; bake in two layer-cake pans in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes; when partly cool spread with tart jelly, and sprinkle top layer with powdered sugar.