Applesauce Fruitcake

Applesauce Fruitcake

Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Jeff Smith

Ingredients

• 1 c butter, at room temperature
• 2 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 t vanilla
• 2 c pitted dates, chopped coarsely
• 3 c applesauce
• 2 c walnuts, chopped coarsely
• 2 c mixed candied fruit, chopped coarsely
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 t ground cinnamon
• 1/2 t ground cloves
• 1 T baking soda
• 4 c all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time, along with vanilla. Add remaining
2. ingredients and blend until all is incorporated.
3. Divide batter among 3 greased loaf pans, approximately 8x4x3 inches each.
4. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hours 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in
5. the center comes out clean.
6. Remove to a cooling rack. When cool enough to handle, remove loaves from pans and cool
7. completely on rack.
8. Wrap in plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator.
9. Notes:
10.  You can also make fruitcake cupcakes. Use mun liners and shorten the baking time to
11. approximately 1/2 hour.
12.  Before this recipe, I had never enjoyed fruitcake. The applesauce makes is a much lighter
13. dessert.

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