Recipe - Applesauce Cake 2

1 Three fourths cup Sifted flour
1 teaspoon Soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Cloves
One half cup Butter or shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg; well beaten
1 cup Raisins; finely cut and
floured
1 cup Pecans; finely cut and

CREOLE BUTTER FROSTING
floured
1 tablespoon Cocoa
3 One half tablespoon Strong hot coffee
1 One half tablespoon Butter
2 cup Confectioner's sugar
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Sift flour once, measure; add soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves; sift
together three times. Cream butter thoroughly; add sugar gradually,
creaming together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, raisins and pecans,
mixing well. Add flour alternately with applesauce, a small amount at a
time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Pour into greased loaf pan,
7x5x3 inches, and bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour. May be served
unfrosted or spread with Creole Butter Frosting.

To make Creole Butter Frosting: Mix cocoa with hot coffee. Cream butter;
add sugar, salt, coffee and vanilla. Beat until smooth.

From A Taste of Louisiana. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
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