Spice Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup nuts
1 + 1/4 cups fruit, blended (peaches, pears, apples, or fruit cocktail)

1 + 3/4 + 2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves

Note: If you use applesauce for your blended fruit, add 1/8 tsp. ginger and 1/8 tsp. allspice.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, nuts, and blended fruit. Add the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and ground cloves and stir together till blended. Pour batter into a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes (until a toothpick comes out clean). Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: Mom