Mr. President's Fruitcake

PRESIDENT'S FRUITCAKE

My mother said this fruitcake recipe was FDR's
favorite and was a war-time recipe (note the absence of milk and eggs.)

Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour
1 cup sugar
1½ cups apple sauce
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon each - ground cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt
½ cup shortening - melted (do not substitute cooking oil, etc.)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 275 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
3. Coat raisins and pecans with part of flour (keeps from settling to the bottom)
4. Mix in one bowl the apple sauce, sugar, and melted shortening.
5. In a different bowl, mix the remaining dry ingredients.
6. Add dry ingredients (3) and wet ingredients (2).
7. Add raisins and pecans.
8. Pour into the bundt pan and bake at 275 for 1 to 1½ hours. Test with toothpick.