Applesauce Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
3 c. flour
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. allspice
3/4 c. chopped nuts
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. raisins
3/4 c. dates, cut up
3/4 c. figs, cut up
3/4 c. candied fruit
2 c. applesauce
1/2 tsp. soda

Preparation

Cream butter; add sugar gradually with spices, creaming until light.
Sift flour, soda and salt.
Dredge fruit and nuts in 1/2 cup of the flour.
Beat eggs until light.
Add butter mixture.
Mix flour mixture in; stir until well blended.
Put in fruit, nuts and applesauce.
Bake in a tube pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.