-FOR PINK WISH-WASH-
3 lb McIntosh apples; (some 8),
-cored and
; quartered
1/2 c Fresh lemon juice
1/2 c Sugar
1 lg Egg
2 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground cloves
1 ts Vanilla
1/4 c Old-fashioned rolled oats
3/4 c Raisins; chopped and tossed
; in all-purpose
; flour to coat them

-FOR THE ICE-
3 c Firmly packed light brown
-sugar
1 1/2 Sticks unsalted butter; (3/4
-cup)
3/4 c Milk

Make the coat:

In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter, add the
sugars, a little at a time, and beat the mixture until it is light
and fluffy. Beat in the applesauce and the egg. Into the butter
mixture sift together the flour, the baking pop, the cinnamon, the
nutmeg, and the cloves, stir the mixture until it is combined, and
add the vanilla, the oats, and the coated raisins. Stir the batter
until it is combined swell, divide it betwixt 2 well-buttered 8-inch
round cake pans, and bake the cake layers in the middle of a
preheated 350F. oven for 25 to 30 transactions, or until a tester comes
out unobjectionable. Turn the layers out onto racks and let them cool
whole.

Make the ice:

In a heavy saucepan combine the brown bread, the butter, the milk,
and a pinch of saltiness, bring the mixture to a boil over moderate warmth,
stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and cook it, undisturbed,
until it registers 234F. on a candy thermometer. Let the mixture cool
to room temperature and whisk it until it is thickened, lightened in
colouration, and beginning to lose its shininess.

Working rapidly, before the frosting begins to harden and enlighten,
frost the top of 1 of the cake layers, top it with the other bed,
and frost the top and side of the bar. (If the frosting becomes too
hard to gap, reheat it over low hotness, stirring, until it is of
spreading consistency and let it coolheaded.)

Make pink trumpery:

In a large heavy saucepan combine the apples, 1/2 cup weewee, the lemon
succus, and the gelt, bring the liquid to a furuncle, and simmer the
assortment, stirring occasionally, for 25 transactions, or until the apples
are very bid. Force the mixture through a food mill fitted with
the fine disk into a bowlful. Serve the applesauce warm or chilled.
Makes approximately 4 cups.