Chocolate Applesauce Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. applesauce
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. lard (Crisco)
3 large Tbsp. Hershey's cocoa
3 level tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg and cloves
1 box cooked raisins
3 Tbsp. vinegar
3 c. flour

Preparation

Combine sugar and shortening in large mixing bowl; mix until creamed together.
Next, add applesauce and mix with creamed mixture.
Combine cocoa, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
Next mix in flour a little at a time, then add raisins.
Now add vinegar and mix well into mixture.
Grease and flour large iron skillet (9 x 13-inch pan) and pour batter in.
Preheat oven to 250\u00b0 to 300\u00b0. Bake slowly for 1 hour or until done.
Do not overbake.