Spread bread or cake slices with butter or margarine, and arrange in the bottom of a greased baking dish.
Cover with applesauce; sprinkle with cinnamon and about half the sugar.
Beat together egg, milk, salt, and rest of sugar. Omit sugar in this mixture if cake is used. Pour over mixture in baking dish.
Set in pan of hot water and bake at 350° F. (moderate oven) about 40 minutes.
Four servings.
Frozen applesauce cream
1 cup applesauce
1 cup thin cream
⅓ cup sugar
¼ cup lemon juice