Lenten cookbook

Chocolate applesauce cake

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c Crisco or oil
  • 1c sugar
  • 1 1/2 unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 rounded tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 level tsp soda
  • 1c raisins
  • 1c walnuts
  • 2c flour, sifted
  • pinch of salt

Directions

Cream the Crisco and sugar together. Add the applesauce and all dry ingredients. Bake in greased and floured 13x9 pan for about 1 hour in 350F oven.