Applesauce Cake

So this is absolutely my favorite bread in the whole world. It is the singular food I look forward to during the holidays. It is my great grandmother's recipe that has lasted because it is just that good! Hope you enjoy!

Gram’s Applesauce Cake

½ cup butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp. baking soda

½ cup raisins

2 cups flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. ground cloves

Maraschino cherries

¼-1/2 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter, adding sugar gradually and blend in applesauce to which baking soda has been added. Stir in raisins. Add dry ingredients and blend until smooth. Stir in ½ bottle maraschino cherries (drained) and turn into a prepared pan (Crisco and flour coating). Bake in 350°F oven for about 45 mins.

Just to let you know, Hopefully within the next couple weeks I will have a fabulous looking recipe for lemon cupcakes coming up (with pictures)! Now that my first year of college is behind me, I will have more time to cook and bake! Can't wait!

Strawberry Angel Cake

I made this for a dessert get together on Wednesday and it was a bit hit.  Of course, it was also one of three things that were actually homemade :)  This is one of the simplest recipes I know for a strawberry dessert and I'm pretty sure it was the only thing my grandmother could make that actually tastes good.  Yay!

1 3oz. pkg. strawberry jello
1 3oz. pkg. frozen strawberries
1 Tbsp. Sugar
6” angel cake
1 pkg. cool whip
    
     Dissolve jello in 1 ¼ cups boiling water. Add thawed strawberries and sugar. Cool until it jells and the fold in cool whip. Lightly fold in angel caked (in pieces) and place in a 9x9 pan. Refrigerate and when ready, serve with more cool whip on top.

Side note, when it says "until it jells" it just means thick and almost jelled.  If you wait until it is completely jello, the cool whip will not mix in or set correctly.  If you do wait too long and it will not mix in, just add about 1/4 cup of hot water and stir, then add the cool whip and angel food cake.

This is a great dessert for a summer cookout.  It's not too fancy and its fruity and light.  I'm not a big fan of desserts like cake in the summer unless there's fruit involved  :)
Enjoy and Happy Friday!