Cream the margarine and sugar. Fold in the applesauce, sift in the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon. Stir in the raisins. Turn into a greased 7" cake tin and bake for 1 and a half hours. If the top is browning too much, cover it after about an hour to prevent burning. Ten minutes before the end sprinkle with demerara sugar.
Notes
Demerara sugar is a course raw sugar.
This recipe was originally in UK measurements and converted to US.
Substitutions
Original recipe calls for making about a pint and a half of unsweetened applesauce from 2 or 3 cooking apples.
The 3 tsp baking powder can be replaced with 1 tsp baking soda.
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