RUTH'S CHRISTMAS APPLE SAUCE
CAKE
 
2 c. apple sauce
3 eggs, unbeaten
2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
3 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. red and green candied cherries
1 c. candied pineapple
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 c. chopped pecans
1 box raisins
1 box dates

Set oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar; add eggs. Mix apple sauce and soda, mix nuts and fruits, add 1/2 cup of the above flour to fruit and nut mixture before adding to the rest of ingredients. Combine all the rest of above ingredients and bake for 1 hour or until cake starts leaving sides of bundt pan. This cake keeps extremely well and is better with age.

 

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