applesauce - date cake

Name: APPLESAUCE - DATE CAKE
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) "unsifted" all purpose flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) allspice; 1/2 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground cloves; 2 - eggs; 1 cup(s) light brown sugar, packed firmly; 1/2 cup(s) butter, softened; 2 cup(s) "hot" applesauce; 1 cup(s) dates, chopped; 3/4 cup(s) coarsely chopped walnuts

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Lori-Jo Wahl

Providence, RI

Updated on Jul 29, 2012

My mom use to make this recipe as I was a child, she said her father made this ... This is made in a 9 x 9 inch pan

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 50 Min

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yield 6 -8

Ingredients

2 cups "unsifted" all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 - eggs
1 cup light brown sugar, packed firmly
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups "hot" applesauce
1 cup dates, chopped
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

How To Make applesauce - date cake

Step 1

Preheat oven: 350 degrees. Grease & flour a 9 x 9 inch pan; set aside.

Step 2

In large bowl: mix flour with baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, & cloves. Add eggs, brown sugar, soft butter & 1 cup of "HOT" applesauce; beat at low speed just until ingredients are combined. Beat again for 2 more minutes at medium speed.
Step 3

Add remaining 1 cup "HOT" applesauce, dates,& nuts; beat for 1 minute. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; then remove & cool on wire rack.
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