Holiday Applesauce Cake

Ingredients
- 10 Tbsp sweet butter
- 1 c sugar
- 2 slightly beaten eggs
- 1 12 c chunky applesauce
- 2 Tbsp maraschino cherry juice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 c flour
- 12 tsp cinnamon
- 14 tsp ground cloves
- 1 12 tsp baking soda
- 1 c raisins
- 1 c chopped walnuts
- 1 c dates
- dash of salt
- 12 c chopped cherries
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar together
- Add 2 slightly beaten eggs Beat well
- Add slowly the applesauce
- Stir well
- Add cherry juice and vanilla
- Place in paper bag the flour cinnamon cloves baking soda raisins nuts dates salt and cherries Fold in the flour mixture to the butter mixture
- Pour batter into well-greased and floured pan
- Bake in 10-inch tube pan at 350 about 55 minutes