Description
This cake has a lot of raisins soaked in rum. Try to soak your raisins overnight if possible or at least for a few hours.
Ingredients
- ½ cup golden raisins
- ½ cup raisins
- ⅓ cup dark rum
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 ½ cups applesauce
Instructions
- Place all the raisins in a small bowl with the rum and let sit overnight or at least 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl
- beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time; mix in applesauce.
- In another bowl
- stir together the flours
- cornstarch
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- salt
- and cocoa. Gradually add flour into the batter
- mixing until fully incorporated. Stir in the raisins
- along with any rum that was not absorbed
- and the walnuts. Turn batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean
- about 25 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 day
Servings: 12