APPLESAUCE CAKE

I love this recipe because it always turns out so well.                                           1972
When my children were growing up, Jimmy my son, would bring home books for me to read . One particular one was "THE HOMECOMING". about the Waltons. The children in this story walked to Ike's store for the sugar for a cake. The children cracked black walnuts in the barn for Olivia's Apple Cake and talked about Santa Claus. Now I loved to cook so I copied the recipe and cooked it the following Christmas which was just a month away. I really did use whiskey in the frosting. I don't know how they got confection sugar then but that is what was called for in the recipe. When you try it, tell me how you like it.

CAKE

1 cup softened butter                             1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups sugar                                          1/2 tsp salt
3 cups sifted all purpose flour                 1/2 tsp cinnamon
4 eggs                                                    1/4 tsp cloves
1 cup raisins                                           1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 cup chopped black walnuts                 1 cup buttermilk
1 cup apples chopped 1 cup applesauce

Mix the raisins and nuts together and sprinkle with about 1/2 cup flour. Sift the dry ingredients together. Set aside. Blend the butter and sugar together until lemon colored and add the eggs one at a time. Alternate the dry ingredients and buttermilk mixing well. Add the applesauce. Fold in the walnut-raisin mixture. Mixture will be thick. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and cook for about an hour at 325 F. Will be like a pound cake.
Cool

Frosting:
1 box confection sugar
1 stick of butter
4 or 5 tbs. of milk or enough for spreading consistency
1 tsp whiskey*
mix well with an electric mixer and spread on a cool cake

any good whiskey will do or you can use vanilla flavoring.

Sometimes I separate the frosting, add food coloring and decorate for Christmas. Looks pretty with cherries, raisins, and nuts.

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