Apple Sauce Spice Cake With Raisins And Nuts

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• a little salt
• 3 cups sifted flour
• ½ teaspoon cloves
• ½ cup nuts
• 1½ cups apple sauce
• 1½ cups sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup seeded raisins
• 2 scant teaspoons soda dissolved in a little boiling water

Method

1. 1 Preheat oven to 300°F. Cream butter with salt, then add sugar and mix well.
2. 2 Add apple sauce, soda dissolved in boiling water, and spices. Stir to combine.
3. 3 Fold in flour, nuts, and raisins until just incorporated.
4. 4 Pour into a greased pan and bake in a slow oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.