MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Applesauce Cake
 Categories: 
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
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      2 c  Flour
  1 1/3 c  Whole wheat flour
      2 ts Cinnamon
      2 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      2 c  Applesauce
    1/4 c  Apple liqueur
      1 c  Unsalted butter; softened
      2 c  Light brown sugar; firmly
           .. packed
      3    Eggs
      1 c  Raisins
      1 c  Pitted dates; chopped
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped

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    1/2 c  Unsalted butter; softened
      4 oz Cream cheese; softened
      1    Navel orange; zest of
      3 c  Powdered sugar
      2 tb Apple liqueur
 
  Cake:
  
  Preheat oven to 350°. Butter and flour a 10 inch
  tube pan; set aside.
  
  Sift flours, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda
  and salt; set aside. Combine apple liqueur and
  applesauce; set aside.
  
  Cream butter until light. Slowly beat in brown
  sugar until very light and fluffy. Reduce speed to
  medium, beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well
  after each addition.
  
  On low speed, alternately beat in flour and
  applesauce mixtures, starting and ending with
  flour, just until combined. Stir in walnuts,
  dates, and raisins by hand.
  
  Spread evenly in prepared pan, smoothing top. Bake
  until cake tests done, about an hour. Cool in pan
  on wire rack 15 minutes. Invert onto rack, turn
  right side up and cool completely.
  
  Cream Cheese Icing:
  
  Beat butter and cream cheese until light. Beat in
  orange peel. Reduce heat to medium; beat in sugar
  alternately with liqueur until smooth and creamy.
  Adjust consistency, if needed, by adding more
  sugar or liqueur. Spread on top and sides of
  cooled cake.
 
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