Ingredients
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Apple Butter Cake
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1 ¼ cups cornmealÂ
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- 1 cup spiced apple butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 apples, chopped
- ¾ cup pecans, chopped
Vanilla Butter GlazeÂ
- 1 â…“ cups powdered sugar, sifted
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
Apple Butter Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a tube pan with some soft butter.Â
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until they are light and fluffy.Â
- Scrape the bowl and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition, and then beat in the vanilla.Â
- In a small bowl, whisk the cornmeal, wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and allspice together.
- In another small bowl stir the milk into the apple butter.Â
- Add the dry ingredients, alternating with the apple butter. Begin and end with the flour.Â
- Stir in the chopped apples and pecans then pour the batter into the cake pan.Â
- Bake the cake for 45-55 minutes, testing for doneness, and cool the cake for 10 minutes before inverting it to cool completely.Â
- Glaze with Vanilla Butter Glaze.
Vanilla Butter Glaze
- Whisk all of the ingredients together, adjusting the powdered sugar and milk amount until the glaze is thick enough so as not be runny, yet still thin enough to drizzle.Â