Applesauce Fruit Cake

Christmas fruit cake!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening with a little butter
• 2 cups sugar (1 white / 1 brown)
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/2 cup boiling water with 2 tsp baking soda mixed in (let sit)

1 and 1/2 cups of any kind of fruit filling example below

• 1/2 cup raisins and dates
• 1/2 cup nuts (walnuts)
• 1/2 cup canned fruit (mixed with flour)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients
3. Mix wet ingredients.
4. Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix.
5. Bake in an angel food cake pan for 1 and 1/4 hours.
6. Enjoy!

Enjoy!