Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.

Suela Pearson’s Applesauce Cake Recipe

1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 cup nuts
1 cup hot unsweetened applesauce

Cream butter and sugar with spices.
Add soda mixed with a little hot water to applesauce.
Mix with first ingredients, then add remaining ingredients.
Bake one hour.


The modern title to this (since Suela Pearson appears to have shuffled off in 1920...) is going to be "You're On Your Own Applesauce Cake" because I have no idea the pan size or the oven temperature.

Maybe that's the goal of the PEO, this recipe came from my grandmother Frankie who was in the PEO, and did you know Suela Pearson was one of the original founders of the PEO? What a great mission statement "Figure it out for yourself dipweed!!!" I'll have to remember that one.