Spiced Apple Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fat
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup tart apple sauce
• 1/2 cup raisins, dates, prunes, or currants (chopped)
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Method

1. 1 Cream fat and sugar together.
2. 2 Add the beaten egg and mix well.
3. 3 Sift dry ingredients together.
4. 4 Alternate adding the dry ingredients and liquid (molasses and apple sauce) to the creamed mixture.
5. 5 Fold in the chopped fruit last.
6. 6 Beat well and bake in a loaf pan for 15 minutes or in muffin pans for 25 minutes.