Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups applesauce
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Powdered sugar, optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream the butter. Add the brown sugar and continue mixing. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla, then mix until well blended and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the applesauce. Fold in the raisins and walnuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf or tube pan and bake until firm to the touch, about 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in the pan, then turn it out, and dust with powdered sugar.
Notes about the recipe: In our house "certain members" (I'm not naming names) eat everything with a side of applesauce. Pork chops, eggs, steak, pancakes, everything. So we have many jars and many types. This is from my grandma Elsie, though she calls for shortening instead of butter. How embarrassing!
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By AmeliaIslandLaura
on November 19, 2012
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This is delicious!
Some changes I made:
-I didn't put any raisins or walnuts
-I added a diced apple
-I put 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
-I greased and sugared the pan instead of flouring it.
-I used a nine-inch round cake pan. I think a loaf pan would be way too small.
Enjoy!
By Karen222
East Tennessee
on October 23, 2012
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Loved this cake!!! I cut the recipe in half and baked in a glass 8x8-inch pan at 325 degrees for 35 minutes. Used nuts but no raisins and my unsweetened cinnamon applesauce was bought in the store. A nice "snack" cake: ate plain but had ice cream on side for others.
By big bart
on May 31, 2012
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OMG WERE THESE GOOD! I have never written a review before but this one deserves 5 stars. Sooo tasty and easy to make. I added 1/4 C more flour and 1/4 C more white sugar and made them in my electric cupcake maker with no paper liners. Just like old-fashioned goodness from Grandma's kitchen--spicy and not too sweet (dontcha just hate people who alter Grandma's recipes LOL!!
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