Apple Butter Spice Cake
For the Cake:
- 1 T butter, melted
- 1 C. apple butter
- 3/4 C. packed light brown sugar
- 3 T. vegetable oil
- 1 apple, peeled, diced
- 1/2 C. buttermilk
- 1 lg. egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 C. + 2 T. all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. ginger
- 2 tsp. allspice
- 1/4 tsp. salt
For the Glaze:
- 1 C. powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. apple liqueur
- 2 T. milk or half & half
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a bundt pan with no stick cooking spray.
- Combine melted butter, apple butter, brown sugar and oil in bowl and whisk until smooth. Add diced apples (or 1/2 c. raisins) buttermilk, egg, and vanilla and mix well. Add remainder of dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into bundt pan and bake 30-35 minutes, until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool about 10 minutes, invert on serving platter and drizzle glaze over top.
To make the glaze:
- Combine powdered sugar, apple liqueur and milk in small bowl, whisk well, then drizzle over cake.