APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CARAMEL
ICING
 
2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
4 eggs
1 1/2 c. applesauce
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. nutmeg
3 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. salt
1 c. raisins

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, beat well. Add applesauce and soda. Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture. Add the raisins. Bake at 325 degrees in a greased and floured tube pan for 1 hour or until done. Can be baked in two 9 inch pans at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

NEVER-FAIL CARAMEL ICING:

1 c. butter
3 c. brown sugar
6 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. baking powder

Combine butter, brown sugar, and milk. Bring to a boil. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and baking powder. Beat well and spread over cake. If it gets hard, add a few drops of milk.

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Applesauce Cake with Caramel Icing
   #56367
 Gloria Thompson (Michigan) says:
As a child I always loved carmel cake. When I became an adult I messed up tons of sugar trying to get the carmel right I tried many many receipes for carmel notta!Even someone gave me cooking sweetened condensed milk in boiling water for 2.5 hrs! Notta, Until I tried this Never fail carmel icing BINGO!! This is it. I am putting it on every cake I have baked for Christmas ! And people have been impressed with it! Thank You!! I am passing it on!

 

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