Applesauce fruitcake recipe

This nonalcoholic holiday fruitcake uses applesauce cake as its base.

Guaranteed to turn skeptics into fans. The secret is the strawberry jam, kirsch brandy, pineapple step. It still tastes like fruit cake, just moist and fruity and good. Originally called "Willis Fruit Cake".

Amish Applesauce Cake is a moist applesauce cake recipe with raisins and walnuts. This applesauce cake is the best old fashioned recipe.

Grandma's Applesauce Fruitcake

A 70+ year old tried and true family recipe that has been passed on through the generations. A densely rich cake bursting with sweetened fruit and robust spices that is a must make recipe every Christmas season.

Applesauce Spice Fruit Cake - 2 Cookin Mamas

Ingredients 1/2 cup shortening 1 1/2 cup sweetened applesauce 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 cup brown sugar 3 well-beaten eggs 1/4 cup sour milk 2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon nutmeg 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon mace 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1 tablespoon molasses 1 pound raisins 1 pound dates

This is my own fruitcake recipe, and it's a family favorite. I think it has just the right mix of nuts and fruit. —Allene Spence, Delbarton, West Virginia

This chewy, sweet and, most importantly, simple fruit cake recipe will bring joy to any holiday gathering. It's filled with tasty additions like three types of candied fruit and a heaping mound of crunchy walnuts for a fun-filled celebratory must.

I love making this dish all year round