Applesauce Cake - Circa 1943

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Vegetable shortening
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cloves
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
1		Egg
1 cup	237ml	Applesauce
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
2/3 cup	106g / 3.7oz	Raisins - chopped
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
2/3 cup	41g / 1.4oz	Walnut meats - chopped

Recipe Instructions

Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg; beat well. Sift together flour, soda, salt, cloves, and cinnamon.

Add alternately with applesauce to creamed mixture. Add raisins and nutmeats. Pour into 9-inch greased tube pan. Bake in moderate oven (350F) for 1 hour. Let stand until cold. Remove cake from pan.

Hints

I have a book called "Cooking Behind the Fence: Recipes and Recollections from the Oak Ridge '43 Club." (c1992) It features recipes from the '40s when Oak Ridge, TN was fenced and people had to have a security clearance to get in. I picked one recipe for you.

If you have any particular kind of recipe you would be interested in let me know. The person who supplied this recipe remembers that there was only one grocery store in the area back in 1943 and she remembers waiting in line for 2 hours to buy soap powder.

Source:
"Cooking Behind the Fence: Oak Ridge 1943 Club" Cookbook

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