Applesauce Cake

Ingredients

• ½ cup (1 stick/125 g/4.4. oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
• 1 cup () white sugar
• 1½ cups () raisins
• 1¾ cups () all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ cup () ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 cup () unsweetened applesauce

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to . Grease and line two round cake pans.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Mix in the raisins, flour, spices, almonds and applesauce.

4. 4

   Dissolve baking soda in hot water and stir into the batter.

5. 5

   Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.

6. 6

   Bake for 45 minutes until golden.

7. 7

   Transfer the cakes to a wire rack and leave them to cool.