Grandma Moorhouse Apple Cake

Unsure how Grandma Moorhouse fits into the family tree, but here is her apple cake:

6oz butter
6oz flour
6oz sugar
1 tspn mixed spice
1 egg
1 cup sweet apple sauce
2oz raisins or chopped nuts
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
(optional)

Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and cream again. Put the bicarb into the apple sauce and add to the creamed mixture slowly, alternately with the flour and spice. Mix thoroughly and turn into a well greased 2lb loaf
tin. Bake in a moderately hot oven 375F for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Allow to cool and turn out very carefully.