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From the hometown of US President Jimmy Carter… Plains, Georgia… Mrs. Martha Holcombe Wise shares the special recipe from the kitchen of Alice Holcombe.   This recipe uses a staple in every Georgians diet… pecans!  

Alice Holcombe’s Applesauce Cake

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups applesauce
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups raisins
2 cups chopped Georgia pecans
4 tablespoons hot water

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add applesauce and beat until blended.

Sift dry ingredients.  Dust the raisins and pecans with a small amount of the flour mixture. Add dry ingredients gradually alternately with hot water; beat until well blended. Add raisins and pecans; blend well. Pour into greased and floured tube pan.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours.