Here is the recipe we are following:
Olivia’s Applesauce Cake
1 cup butter 3 ½ cups flour (sifted)
1 cup sugar 2 eggs
2 cups applesauce 1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups light raisins 2 teaspoons cloves
1 cup chopped walnuts 2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt
Sift together: Flout, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Take ½ cup of flour mixture and stir into the nuts and raisins. Set both aside. Cream butter until whipped soft. Add sugar a little at a time until mixture is smooth. Beat in eggs vigorously. Alternately stir in flour mixture and applesauce. When all mixed together add nuts and raisins and mix well. Pour batter into a well-greased cake mold. Bake in preheated over at 350 degrees for one hour. Cool ten minutes, then turn out on cake rack. Frost with Whiskey Frosting when cake is cool.
Jane’s Whiskey Frosting
¼ cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cream 2 tablespoons whiskey (bourbon)
Pinch of salt
Cream butter, add sugar and salt, then cream and whiskey. Whip until smooth. Frost cake. Decorate with a sprig of holly.