- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons cloves
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 cups raisins
- 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Set aside. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Remove 1/2 cup of flour mixture and stir into nuts and raisins. Set both aside. Alternately stir flour mixture and applesauce into creamed mixture. Mix well. Add nuts and raisins; stir to blend. Pour batter into greased and floured bundt cake pan. bake at 350 degrees F for 65-75 minutes, or until cake tests done when wooden pick is inserted near center. Cool in pan 10 minutes; turn out on rack to complete cooling.