Gingerbread Cake

Gingerbread Cake
2 cups applesauce
1 cup molasses
2 t baking soda
3 cups flour
1/2 t salt
2 t ginger
1 1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 t cloves
4 eggs
1 1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
 In saucepan bring the applesauce to a boil. Stir in molasses, and soda. Set aside to cool. Mix flour with salt and spices.
Beat eggs until light in color. Gradually beat in sugar and continue beating until thick, then gradually beat in oil. Fold together flour mixture, applesauce mixture and egg mixture. Pour into greased tube pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool cake in the pan for 15 minutes then remove to a rack to continue cooling.
Source: San Francisco A La Carte, San Francisco Junior League (c) 1979.
Well my applesauce did not reach boiling, I wasn't gradual about combining stuff and I used two smaller pans. The cakes are baking as I write this. Both the ginger and the cinnamon jars were brand new, so I used slightly less than the amount called for.