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Applesauce Cake Circa 1943
Author/Submitted by: "Cooking Behind the Fence: Oak Ridge 1943 Club" Cookbook
Servings: 10
Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1/2
cup
vegetable shortening 1
cup
sugar 1/2
teaspoon
cloves 1
teaspoon
cinnamon 1
egg 1
cup
applesauce 2
cups
all-purpose flour 2/3
cup
raisins,
chopped
1
teaspoon
baking soda 1/2
teaspoon
salt 2/3
cup
walnut meats,
chopped
Directions:
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 (350 degrees) for 1 hour. Let stand until cold. Remove cake
from pan.
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.
Posted on EAT-L by Mary Ann Thompson -- mthompsn@utdallas.edu
Posted on EAT-L by Mary Ann Thompson -- mthompsn@utdallas.edu
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