Aunt Millie's Applesauce Cake

Millie’s Applesauce Cake (or Rhubarb Cake)

9x13 pan, 350 degrees, 45-60 minutes

Cream together:

¾ cup Crisco

2 cups sugar

2 cups applesauce

2 tsp baking soda

Mix.

Add:

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

½ tsp salt

Mix.

Add:

 3 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

Mix.

If you like, add ½ box raisins and/or 1 cup chopped nuts.

Bake in greased and floured 13x9 pan.  Rhubarb sauce can be substituted for applesauce.

This recipe is from Millie McDermott.  Aunt Millie (really a distant cousin) cleaned our house twice a week when Mom was teaching school.  We all loved her, and miss her.

My Mom used to make this often when I was growing up.  It was the stand by dessert for when we didn't have any eggs.  Mom always used home made applesauce, which is so much better than store-bought it's like a completely different food.  I'm making this with rhubarb sauce this weekend.  

Rhubarb Sauce:

4 cups chopped rhubarb

1/2 - 3/4 cup sugar or brown sugar

1/4 - 1/2 cup water

Heat over low heat until the rhubarb is soft.  Sweeten to taste - some rhubarb needs more, some less. This can be canned or frozen, and keeps for a long time in the fridge.