Spiced Chocolate Applesauce Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 2½ cups Flour; unbleached; sifted
• ½ cups Cocoa; baking
• 2 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon; ground
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ¾ cups Vegetable shortening
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 Eggs; large
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 cups Applesauce
• 1 cups Buttermilk
• 1/3 cups; boiling water