Old-Fashioned Applesauce Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
3 c. flour
1 c. raisins, cooked slightly and cooled
nuts (if desired)
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 Tbsp. soda
2 to 2 1/2 c. applesauce
2 Tbsp. corn syrup

Preparation

Cream the shortening.
Add sugar and eggs; beat well.
Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with the sauce and syrup mixture.
Add raisins and nuts.
This makes a large cake.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan.
Bake 1 1/2 hours or until tests done at 325\u00b0 to 350\u00b0.