my mom's apple sauce cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup chopped raisins
• 1 (16 ounce) jar applesauce
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup orange juice

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c), grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan or 2 - 8 inch round pans.
• sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. set aside.
• in a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. mix in water and egg. add flour mixture alternately with applesauce and mix thoroughly. fold in nuts and raisins.
• pour into pan and bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.
• to make frosting: in a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. add milk and vanilla and mix in. add confectioners sugar and orange or lemon juice. beat until fluffy, then frost cake.