- 2/3 cup sugar (can be reduce to 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce (make your own from local apples)
- 1/3 cup Grandma Fancy Molasses
- 2 eggs well beaten
- ½ cup soft butter
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 2 cups flour (stone ground spelt or whole white, if you have it)
Directions
- In one bowl place sifted dry ingredients.
- In another bowl beat applesauce, molasses, eggs, and soft butter.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients.
- Beat well by hand or with an electric beater for 3 minutes.
- Pour into greased and floured 9″ round or square cake pan and bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes then remove from pan to finish cooking.
- To serve, dust with icing sugar and cut into wedges.