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Applesauce Spice Cake

Makes 1 cake, prep time is 1 hour and 15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1/3 cup Crisco
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup applesauce
1 2/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
1/2/ cup raisins
1/2 cup dates, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

Blend together Crisco, salt, sugar and egg. Add alternately applesauce and flour sifted with soda and spices. Stir in chopped nuts, raisins, and dates the latter floured lightly. Bake in a loaf pan (9x5) in a moderate oven (350 degrees F) for about one hour. When cool, ice with Cream Cheese Icing (recipe following).

Cream Cheese Icing

INGREDIENTS

1 pkg of cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

INSTRUCTIONS
Blend ingredients to spreading consistency.

From the kitchen of: Rosa Wright