Applesauce Date Cake

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour - (unsifted)
2 teaspoons	10ml	Soda
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Allspice
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Cloves
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
2		Eggs
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Light brown sugar - packed firm
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter - softened
2 cups	474ml	Applesauce - heated
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Dates - chopped
3/4 cup	177ml	Pecans - coarsely shopped
		Butter frosting

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease well and flour a 9X9X2" pan.

Into large bowl, sift flour with soda, spices and salt. Add eggs, brown sugar, butter, and 1 cup hot applesauce; at low speed, beat just until the ingredients are combined.

At medium speed, beat 2 minutes longer, occasionally scraping the side of the bowl and guiding mixture into the beater with a rubber scraper.

Add remaining applesauce, dates, and walnuts; beat 1 minute. Pour batter into pan. Bake 50 minutes OR UNTIL straw comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan.

Source:
Am. Diabetes Assoc., Family Cookbook Vol 1 1987 Nov 93

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