Applesauce Fruit Cake
Created by dienia b on April 16, 2025
- Servings: 16
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 90m
- Recipe #44488
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 3 cups unsweetened applesauce
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 teaspoons allspice
- 1 tablespoon strawberry jam, (any fruit)
- 4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 pound candied pineapple
- 1/2 pound candied cherry
- 1 pound mixed candied fruit
- 1 pound dates, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 cups walnuts, chopped
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine all ingredients except fruits and nuts and mix until smooth.
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Step 2: Stir in fruits and nuts.
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Step 3: Line the bottom of two large loaf pans or one tube pan with well-greased and floured double-thickness brown paper.
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Step 4: Bake at 300 degrees for one hour (test for doneness with a toothpick).
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (233.1 g)
- Calories 640.9
- Total Fat - 34 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.7 g
- Cholesterol - 126.9 mg
- Sodium - 677.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 74.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.8 g
- Sugars - 40.6 g
- Protein - 15.6 g
- Calcium - 67.8 mg
- Iron - 3.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg