Holiday Applesauce Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 Tbsp. sweet butter
1 c. sugar
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 1/2 c. chunky applesauce
2 Tbsp. maraschino cherry juice
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. raisins
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 c. dates
dash of salt
1/2 c. chopped cherries

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar together.
Add 2 slightly beaten eggs. Beat well.
Add slowly the applesauce.
Stir well.
Add cherry juice and vanilla.
(Place in paper bag the flour, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda, raisins, nuts, dates, salt and cherries.) Fold in the flour mixture to the butter mixture.
Pour batter into well-greased and floured pan.
Bake in 10-inch tube pan at 350\u00b0 about 55 minutes.