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Ingredients

1 ¾ cups pastry flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg ½ cup shortening 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup applesauce

Nutrition Info

226.5 calories carbohydrate: 34.3 g cholesterol: 31 mg fat: 9.7 g fiber: 2.8 g protein: 2.9 g saturatedFat: 2.4 g servingSize: - sodium: 195.4 mg sugar: 20 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with wax paper, or dust lightly with flour.
Sir together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices.
In a large bowl, cream shortening. Blend in brown sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, make 3 dry and 2 liquid additions, combining lightly after each. Turn batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

1 - 9 inch square cake

This is a quick and easy recipe with applesauce in the batter to result in a moist cake you can frost as you please, if you please.