Spice Cakes Baked in a Jar recipe

2/3 cup shortening
2 2/3 cups granulated sugar
2 cups applesauce
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cloves
2/3 cup nuts or raisins (optional)

Cream shortening and sugar; add applesauce, water and eggs, mix well. Mix dry ingredients in another bowl and add to first mixture. Add nuts (or raisins). Spray wide mouth pint jars with Pam and fill about 1/2 full. This will fill 6-8 jars. Bake at 325 degrees F for exactly 45 minutes.

Remove jars one at a time and quickly screw the lid on each jar. When you use canning jar lids these cakes have a shelf life of one year.