Cakes: October 2006 Archives

Recipe from The Homecoming (the novel) by Earl Hamner.

Olivia's Applesauce Cake

1 cup of butter
3 �� cups flour (sifted)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups applesauce
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups light raisins
2 teaspoons cloves
1 cup chopped black walnuts
2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt

Sift together: Flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Take �� 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 a preheated oven 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

�� cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cream
2 tablespoons whiskey (or a sip of 'The Recipe')
Pinch of salt

Cream butter, add sugar and salt, then cream and whiskey. Whip until smooth. Frost cake. Decorate with a sprig of holly.