Holiday Applesauce Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 c. Crisco
2 c. light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
4 tsp. soda
3 c. sifted flour
2 c. raisins, chopped
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cloves
2 1/2 c. applesauce
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Set oven to 350\u00b0.
Cream shortening and sugar; add eggs to mixture, singly beating after each egg. Sift flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice and cloves together and add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, mixing after each addition. Blend in raisins and nuts.
Bake in wax paper lined layer pans. Grease sides and bottoms of pans.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.