INGREDIENTS:
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortning (or butter)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup unsweetened tart, stiff applesauce
• 1 cup seedless raisins
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

PREPARATION:
• Sift flour, add soaa, spices and salt, and resift
• Cream shortning well and gradually blend in sugar. Beat in egg, then applesauce.
• Add flour mixture gradually, beating after each addition until well blended. Stir in the raisins and walnuts.
• Turn into a buttered 8-inch square cake pan, lined with waxed paper in the bottom; bake in moderate oven (350F) 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Or bake in greased muffin cups 25-30 minutes.
• Cool before serving. Applesauce cake improves with age, if kept in a breadbox.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The Modern Family Cookbook compiled by Meta Given, First printed in 1943. I still have and use my copy which was printed in 1961. It is how i learned how to cook.