Recipe - Doily Cake

1 One half cup Granulated sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or
margarine, softened
2 lg Eggs
2 One half cup Unsifted allpurpose flour
2 teaspoon Baking soda
2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground cloves
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Ground nutmeg
2 cup Unsweetened applesauce
1 cup Dark seedless raisins
1 cup Coarsely chopped walnuts
2 tablespoon Confectioners'sugar

1. Heat oven to 350'F. Grease and flour 9inchsquare baking pan. In large
bowl, with electric mixer, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

2. In small bowl, combine flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and nutmeg.
Stir flour mixture alternately with applesauce into butter mixture. Fold in
raisins and walnuts. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.

3. Bake cake 50 to 55 minutes or until center springs back when lightly
pressed with fingertip. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove cake
from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

4. Just before serving, place doily or cake stencil on cake. Place
confectioners' sugar in sifter or strainer. Sift sugar over top of cake.
Carefully remove dolly. Place cake on serving plate, cut into 9 squares to
serve.

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