This recipe won a blue ribbon at the Topsfield Fair for my friend's mom a while back. It comes from Saugus, Masachusetts.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x9 cake pan.

Cream together, into a large bowl:

1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar

Beat in one egg.

Sift together, into a medium bowl:

1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt

Mix:

1 c. applesauce
1 tsp. baking soda

Alternately stir applesauce and flour mixtures into the shortening mixture. Bake 30-35 minutes or until done. Frost with almond flavored frosting (this makes it).