Applesauce Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
3 c. flour
2 c. dried apples or applesauce
1 tsp. soda (in hot apples)
1 lb. raisins
1 lb. figs, chopped
1 c. walnuts
1 c. strawberry preserves
1 Tbsp. cloves
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar.
Add beaten eggs. Stir soda into applesauce.
Reserve 1 cup flour to dredge fruit and nuts. Sift the remaining dry ingredients.
Add to the creamed mixture alternately with applesauce. Add nuts, fruit and preserves.
Mix thoroughly.
Bake in a greased and floured tube pan at 300\u00b0 for 3 hours. Cool.
Put in closed container and lay apples slices on top or place a small glass of wine in middle of cake for moisture.