Celebrating 101 Years Old with Old Fashioned “Coffee” Cake
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 cup raisins, or dried cranberries, or fresh cranberries
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1½ cups coffee, perked or instant
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2½ cups flour
- pinch of salt
- ¾ cup applesauce
- Powdered sugar for sprinkling.
- In a medium saucepan, add sugar, fruit, butter, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, walnuts and coffee.
- Bring to a boil, simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- When cooled, add baking soda, baking powder, salt, flour and applesauce.
- Mix well. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. F. Bake on middle rack about 35 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
Recipe by Pray Cook Blog at https://praycookblog.com/celebrating-101-years-old-with-old-fashioned-coffee-cake/
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