APPLE SAUCE CAKE
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 cup apple sauce
- 1 tsp. soda
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. cloves, ground
- a little nutmeg
- 1 cup raisins
- pinch of salt
Cream together butter, sugar and spices. Add apple sauce, flour and soda dissolved in a little warm water. Add the raisins (or currants). Beat thoroughly and pour into a loaf tin. Bake in moderate oven (350-f) for approximately 50 minutes.
ICING
1 cup pulverized sugar, piece of butter size of a walnut. Moisten with a little water and spread over cake.
NUT CAKE
- 1½ cups sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2½ cups flour
- 1 cup nut meats, chopped
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- a little salt
Rub butter and sugar to a light, white cream. Add egg yolks and beat until smooth. Sift flour, salt and baking powder and add, together with milk, a little at a time, beating well. Fold in chopped nuts and stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into 2 nine inch cake pans or 1 loaf pan. Bake in medium oven (350-f) for 30 minutes for layer cake or 1 hour for loaf cake. Use hickory nuts, black walnuts or shellbarks.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH