Applesauce cake

Applesauce Cake

Recipe from Vintage recipe card box

 ½ cup shortening

1 ½ cups sugar

2 eggs beaten

2 cups sifted flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp cloves

¼ tsp salt

1 cup of applesauce

1 cup chopped raisins

Stir the softened shortening. Gradually add sugar and cream together until light and fluffy. add eggs and mix well. Sift together all the dry ingredients 3 times. Add flour mixture and Applesauce mixture alternating with each and beat after each addition until smooth to the creamed mixture. Fold in the raisins. Bake in a paper lined pan 9x9x1 3/4-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes or until done.