I like a heat buttermilk biscuit slathered with apple butter. This thick, wealthy sauce is like an intensely flavored cinnamon apple sauce. It’s a type of issues I hated as a child however simply love now. You may usually discover apple butter within the grocery retailer with the jams and jellies or you may make your own within the gradual cooker with this straightforward recipe.
Now, likelihood is you’ve heard of including apple sauce to cake recipes to cut back the quantity of fats and to maintain the cake moist, however you are able to do the identical factor with apple butter as properly. Utilizing apple butter provides you a stronger apple taste, too. In order that’s an added bonus.
That’s why this Apple Butter Cake is so scrumptious.
A easy butter cake is amped up with the addition of apple butter and a little bit further cinnamon to create a young, moist cake that each one of our taste-testers liked.
On this case, the apple butter isn’t in there to lighten the recipe as a result of we’re nonetheless going so as to add a cup of butter. No, right here the apple butter is there so as to add scrumptious taste and it helps to maintain the cake moist.
Prime it off with a easy cream cheese frosting (we snuck a little bit apple butter into that, too) to create a cake that’s excellent for fall.
If I’m being sincere, I’d like this cake higher with out the frosting. It simply has such a fantastic, easy, clear taste that I actually love. However y’all know I like easy stuff. It’s how I’ve earned my nickname – the mayor of vanilla-town.
Regardless, it’s nice with frosting, too. So, I’ve included the recipe and y’all can resolve if you wish to add it or not.
Apple Butter Cake
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Prep time: 20 minutes
Prepare dinner time: 40 minutes
Serves: 12
Substances
For the cake:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 massive eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup apple butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the frosting:
- 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, room temperature
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons apple butter
- 1 (16-ounce) package deal powdered sugar (about 3¾ cups)
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 levels and calmly spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cream the butter and sugar collectively till fluffy.
- Add eggs, one after the other, beating till simply included after every addition.
- In a bowl, whisk the flour, salt and baking powder collectively.
- Add the dry components to the butter combination and blend till mixed.
- Add the apple butter, vanilla and blend till mixed.
- Unfold the combination evenly within the ready pan.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart of the cake comes out clear.
- Cool fully.
For the frosting:
- Add the room-temperature cream cheese and butter to the mixer and beat till clean.
- Add the apple butter and mix.
- Regularly add the powdered sugar and blend properly.
- Unfold over the cooled cake.
This recipe initially appeared on SouthernBite.com. For extra nice recipes, go to the web site or try ”The Southern Bite Cookbook.”
