Garbage Cake

Name: Garbage Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups applesauce; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup dates, chopped; 1 cup walnuts, chopped; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract; 1/3 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 tablespoon molasses; 2 cups frosting (of your choice, your own, or my Cream Cheese Frosting recipe.)

Submitted by Hey Jude

"Garbage, not because it's rotten but because you can just dump all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix away. I also like to call this "church lady potluck cake" because there always seems to be a cake like this at church potlucks. I sometimes substitute raisins for the dates and pecans for the walnuts. Very flexible recipe from the Norske Nook cookbook."

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Ready In:: 1hr 40mins
Ingredients:: 16
Serves:: 20

ingredients

2 cups applesauce
2 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup butter, softened
1 cup dates, chopped
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¹⁄₂ teaspoon lemon extract
¹⁄₃ teaspoon salt
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon molasses
2 cups frosting (of your choice, your own, or my Cream Cheese Frosting recipe.)

directions

Preheat oven to 325°.
Stir all the ingredients, except frosting, into a large bowl in the order given.
Mix slowly by hand at first, then beat with an mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool, then top with frosting.