Applesauce Cake (ob'l Dunkes Kucha)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce or 3 medium apples
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 ****to make applesauce****.
• 2 wash, quarter, core and pare 3 medium-sized apples.
• 3 put prepared apples into a sauce pan with 3 tablespoons of water.
• 4 cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until apples are tender, stirring occasionally.
• 5 press cooked apples through a sieve or food mill.
• 6 cool applesauce before using in cake.
• 7 ------applesauce cake------.
• 8 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 9 grease the bottom only of an 8x8x2-inch square baking pan.
• 10 sift together first 6 ingredients; set aside.
• 11 cream butter until softened.
• 12 add sugar to butter gradually, creaming until fluffy.
• 13 alternately add the dry ingredients (in fourths) and applesauce (in thirds) to creamed mixture, mixing until blended after each addition.
• 14 mix in the raisins.
• 15 turn batter into prepared pan (batter will be very thick).
• 16 bake at 350°f for 30 to 40 minutes, or until cake tester or wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center.
• 17 cool in pan on rack.