Food Storage Recipe - No Power Cooking - Applesauce Cake

We have some very bad weather headed our way and with the chance of tornadoes and the very high wind we will most likely be without power. I was thinking about how to do some cooking with no power. Here is one way - Sun Oven! It is an easy way to cook without power and also without having to worry about fuel. Here is a recipe for something sweet to cook in your solar oven.

Apple Sauce Cake

1/4 cup of shortening

1/2 cup of sugar

1/2 cup of hot water

1 cup of applesauce

1 1/4 cup of flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup raisins

1 cup nuts

Cream the shortening and sugar together until they are mixed well. Add the remaining items to it will. Bake in your Sun Oven in a 8 inch square pan. Cooks about 45 minutes in a hot oven. about 325 degrees. The cake is done with it cooks away from the edges. Keep an eye on it as it is cooking so that it doesn't over cook.