Tilly's Apple Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup raisins (or chopped dates)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce (or apple pie filling)

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a 8x8 baking pan. set aside. preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients. add the raisins (or dates) and stir to coat well. set aside.
• 3 cream shortening and sugar for 2 minutes. add eggs one at a time. beat well.
• 4 in small portions, alternately add the flour-raisin mix and applesauce. begin and end with flour.
• 5 pour the mixture into the prepared pan. bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6 cool completely on a wire rack. sift powdered sugar over the cake just before serving.