Apple Butter Raisin Cake
This Apple Butter Raisin Cake is loaded with all your favorite spices, apple butter and raisins! It is a wonderful dessert. Then you add a delicious maple frosting.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups apple butter
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup nuts optional I used pecans
Maple Glaze:
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup butter or 4 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla, eggs, apple butter and buttermilk. Blend well with mixer.
- Whisk together dry ingredients.
- Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients then add raisins and nuts.
- Spray bundt pan or 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for about one hour.
Maple glaze instructions:
- Combine brown sugar, milk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil on top of the stove. Boil for one minute stirring constantly. Remove and add maple extract and powdered sugar. Stir until spreadable.
- Drizzle over cake. Can add more milk if glaze starts to harden.