Apple Sauce Spice Cake With Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup light brown sugar
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 cup apple sauce
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground cloves
• a little nutmeg
• 1 cup raisins
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 walnut-sized piece of butter
• water

Method

1. 1 Cream together butter, sugar, and spices.
2. 2 Dissolve soda in a little warm water, then add to the creamed mixture along with apple sauce, flour, and salt. Beat thoroughly.
3. 3 Fold in raisins or currants.
4. 4 Pour batter into a loaf tin.
5. 5 Bake in a 350°F oven for approximately 50 minutes.
6. 6 For icing, mix powdered sugar with a walnut-sized piece of butter and a little water. Spread over the cooled cake.