Recipe - Applesauce Date Cake

2 cup Flour (unsifted)
2 teaspoon Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Allspice
One half teaspoon Nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Cloves
One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs
1 cup Lt. brown sugar (packd firm)
One half cup Butter (softened)
2 cup Applesauce (heated)
1 cup Dates (chopped)
Three fourths cup Pecans (coarseshopped)
Butter frosting

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease well and flour a 9X9X2" pan. 2. Into
large bowl, sift flour with soda, spices and salt. Add eggs, brown sugar,
butter, and 1 cup hot applesauce; at low speed, beat just until the
ingredients are combined. 3. At medium speed, beat 2 minutes longer,
occasionally scraping the side of the bowl and guiding mixture into the
beater with a rubber scraper. 4. Add remaining applesauce, dates, and
walnuts; beat 1 minute. 5. Pour batter into pan. Bake 50 minutes OR UNTIL
straw comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan.