Apple Butter Spice Cake

By Marg

Prep time
10 mins

Cook time
55 mins

Total time
1 hour 5 mins



A super moist spice cake loaded with apple butter and buttermilk, and then topped with a sweet glaze. A perfect recipe to pair with a hot cup of coffee and fall!

Serves: 10

Ingredients

• For the Cake:
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (see note)
• 1 cup apple butter
• For the Glaze:
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice (water or milk is fine if you don’t have juice)

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 and butter a 9 X 5 loaf pan (see note).
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and half of the buttermilk. Beat until smooth.
In another bowl whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice.
Add half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients in the bowl. Beat, and then add the rest of the buttermilk. Beat again, and then add the rest of the flour mixture. Beat until just combined.
Stir in the apple butter until the batter is an even color. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake 55-65 minutes, checking the center with a toothpick for done-ness.
Let the cake cool and turn it out of the pan before glazing.
To make the glaze simply mix together the juice and powdered sugar until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the top of the cake and let it run down the sides. Let the glaze set, slice, and serve.

Notes
1. The original recipe called for nutmeg. I was out and used pumpkin pie spice. It was delicious! But if you find yourself without pumpkin pie spice then nutmeg is the way to go.
2. I used 3 small loaf pans for my cakes, dispersing ⅓ of the batter into each. I reduced the bake time to about 40 minutes, but made sure to test the cakes with a toothpick for done-ness.