Apple Sauce Fruit Cake

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 2 hours Prep: 30 minutes Cook: 2 hours
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 1186 calories per serving view nutrition facts
# of servings this recipe makes 6 servings suggest servings
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Ingredients

2 1/3 cups applesauce thick, well-drained
1 cup vegetable shortening
4 large eggs well beaten
1 cup whole wheat flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup nuts broken
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon mace
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cloves
2 teaspoons nutmeg
2/3 cup molasses
2 cups brown sugar
6 tablespoons lemon juice
4 cups flour, all-purpose
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
2 pounds raisins, seedless
1/4 pound citron thinly sliced

Directions

Cream sugar and shortening. Add apple sauce, which has been sieved to remove all lumps, molasses, eggs, and lemon juice. Sift white flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, salt, and spices. Dredge raisins in whole wheat flour. Add white flour mixture to batter gradually. Beat thoroughly. Add dredged raisins.

Put a layer of the batter into a paper-lined baking pan. Add a layer of citron and nuts, cover with a layer of the batter. Repeat, having the top layer of the batter. Bake in a slow oven (300 to 325 F) about 2 hours.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 483g
Amount per Serving
Calories 1186 13% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.0g27%
 Saturated Fat 3.0g16%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 141mg47%
Sodium 1140mg47%
Total Carbohydrate 250.0g83%
 Dietary Fiber 14.0g58%
 Sugars 112.0g
Protein 25.0g50%
Vitamin A 4%  Vitamin C 53%
Calcium 24%  Iron 71%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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This recipe was fantastic!!! I saved a step by not dipping the tortillas into the cream mixture. I poured a few ladles of the cream into the baking pan, then filled the tortillas and placed them in the pan and it turned out beautiful. I will definately make this again!

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