Applesauce Cake

Usually, I like to post apple recipes in the fall. Somehow, I associate this tasty fruit with the season of nippy air and fires in the wood stove. But apples are available all year round and always good in a recipe. And, in honor of my new book, HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD, it seemed only right to post a recipe using apples. So, here you go!
Applesauce Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup thick sweetened applesauce
1 large egg, well beaten
1 cup raisins
Directions:
Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and mix. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with applesauce. Add vanilla and raisins. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool and frost with buttercream icing.