Chocolate Applesauce Cake I

This cake is moist with applesauce, is full of raisins and pecans. This is a chocolate cake for all you chocolate lovers. This cake has no eggs and is especially dense.

• Calories: 243 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup raisins
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• ¼ cup dark rum
• 2 tablespoons dark rum
• 1 ½ cups applesauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a bowl, cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. Beat in the milk, applesauce, and 2 tablespoons of rum.

Step 2

In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, spices, and salt. Beat into the creamed mixture and then stir in the raisins and pecans.

Step 3

Turn the batter into a greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake the cake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick.

Step 4

Immediately after removing the cake from the oven, sprinkle it with the remaining 1/4 cup rum. Let cool on a rack. This cake improves if allowed to sit for a day or so before eating. Serves 20.