Nita’s Applesauce and Bourbon Cake
Ingredients
2 cups applesauce
2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
cloves. Add chopped pecans, raisins, chopped dates and cherries.
3 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped dates
1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino
cherries, halved
1 cup bourbon whiskey
using too much Bourbon. Don’t worry. You really want to soak the
cake in Bourbon! Wrap cake well and store in refrigerator.
Directions to make Nita’s Applesauce and Bourbon Cake ,
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch
tube pan. Line the bottom and sides with parchment paper, then
grease the paper. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine
applesauce, butter and sugar. Cook over medium heat for 5
minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and
set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and
Stir until the fruit and nuts are evenly coated. Stir in the cooled
applesauce mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted
into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10
minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Slowly
pour bourbon on cake, letting it soak in. To speed up the process,
you can use a toothpick to puncture many small holes all over the
cake before pouring on the Bourbon. You will think that you are
