Gram’s Applesauce Cake

1-cup sugar

2-Tablespoons shortening

1-teaspoon soda

1-cup applesauce

1 1/2-cup flour

1/2-teaspoon baking powder

1/2-teaspoon allspice

3/4-teaspoon cinnamon

3/4-teaspoon nutmeg

1/4-teaspoon mace

1/8-teaspoon salt

1-cup chopped raisins

Cream sugar and shortening. Add soda to applesauce and add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Sift flour with remaining dry ingredients and add to applesauce mixture. Beat well. Add raisins at slow speed or by hand, until evenly mixed into cake batter. Bake in well-greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan 40 – 50 minutes at 350 degrees.