Apple Butter Cake

By dcwman

Apple butter adds a deep apple flavor and lots of warm spices to this cake. Use your favorite store-bought apple butter or your own homemade.

Ingredients

• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup apple butter
• 2 ½ cups all purpose flour, sifted
• 3 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 cup sour milk (1 cup of milk with 2 tablespoons of white or cider vinegar added)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and lightly flour 9" x 13" pan.
Cream together shortening and sugar.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, beat until light and fluffy.
Stir in 1 cup of apple butter.
Sift together the dry ingredients. Add flour mixture alternately with the sour milk.
Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.