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It’s fall and that means apples! And apple butter…which I used in this delicious Apple Butter Spice Cake today.
I had a jar of apple butter and didn’t really know what I wanted to do with it. I knew I would never eat enough toast to use it up so I did a quick google search and came across an apple butter spice cake from eatingwell.com that sounded really good. So why not make a cake? This was one super moist, super tasty cake! The original recipe called for raisins which I’m sure would be awesome in this cake but I didn’t have any. I did have a couple of apples so I just substituted diced apples instead. It also said to bake it in an 8×8 inch pan but I used a bundt pan and it baked just fine in it.
I made a simple glaze with powder sugar and apple liqueur to top the cake. I think an additional drizzle of caramel syrup would be fantastic! Or even a brown sugar glaze. Oh the possibilities!
Apple Butter Spice Cake
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1 T butter, melted
- 1 C. apple butter
- 3/4 C. packed light brown sugar
- 3 T. vegetable oil
- 1 apple, peeled, diced
- 1/2 C. buttermilk
- 1 lg. egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 C. + 2 T. all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. ginger
- 2 tsp. allspice
- 1/4 tsp. salt
For the Glaze:
- 1 C. powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. apple liqueur
- 2 T. milk or half & half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a bundt pan with no stick cooking spray.
- Combine melted butter, apple butter, brown sugar and oil in bowl and whisk until smooth. Add diced apples (or 1/2 c. raisins) buttermilk, egg, and vanilla and mix well. Add remainder of dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into bundt pan and bake 30-35 minutes, until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool about 10 minutes, invert on serving platter and drizzle glaze over top.
To make the glaze:
- Combine powdered sugar, apple liqueur and milk in small bowl, whisk well, then drizzle over cake.
