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1 ⅔ cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ginger
¼ tsp allspice
½ tsp baking powder
½ cup butter or margarine
¼ cup sugar
4 eggs, separated
½ cup milk
1 ½ cups canned applesauce
1 pt heavy cream
3 tbsp confectioner's sugar
Shaved sweet chocolate
Maraschino cherries
1Combine the first 7 ingredients.
2Cream the butter in a bowl. Add the sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and mix thoroughly.
3Add the crumb mixture alternately with the milk. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into sugar mixture.
4Pour into 2 waxed paper-lined and greased 8-inch cake pans. Bake in 325° oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool, then remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.
5Place the applesauce in a bowl. Whip the cream until stiff and fold in confectioners' sugar. Fold ⅔ of the whipped cream into applesauce and spread between cake layers.
6Place remaining whipped cream in a pastry tube and pipe around the edge and in the center of the cake. Garnish with chocolate and cherries.
Ingredients
1 ⅔ cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ginger
¼ tsp allspice
½ tsp baking powder
½ cup butter or margarine
¼ cup sugar
4 eggs, separated
½ cup milk
1 ½ cups canned applesauce
1 pt heavy cream
3 tbsp confectioner's sugar
Shaved sweet chocolate
Maraschino cherries
Directions
1Combine the first 7 ingredients.
2Cream the butter in a bowl. Add the sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and mix thoroughly.
3Add the crumb mixture alternately with the milk. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into sugar mixture.
4Pour into 2 waxed paper-lined and greased 8-inch cake pans. Bake in 325° oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool, then remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.
5Place the applesauce in a bowl. Whip the cream until stiff and fold in confectioners' sugar. Fold ⅔ of the whipped cream into applesauce and spread between cake layers.
6Place remaining whipped cream in a pastry tube and pipe around the edge and in the center of the cake. Garnish with chocolate and cherries.
AuthorRetroRuth