Apple Spice Cake
Course: DesertsCuisine: EuropeanPrep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1
minuteAdditional Time
10
minutesTotal Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings
14
Yield
1 (10-inch) cake
Ingredients
2 cups — all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon — ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon — ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon — ground allspice
½ teaspoon — salt
1 cup — butter, softened
2 cups — white sugar
4 large — eggs
1 teaspoon — baking soda
1 tablespoon — warm water
1 teaspoon — vanilla extract
3 — apples – peeled, cored and chopped
½ cup — raisins
¼ cup — confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Directions
- Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10-inch tube pan.
- Cover raisins with warm water and let soak for 10 minutes; drain.
- Whisk flour, spices, and salt together in a bowl; set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir baking soda and 1 tablespoon warm water together until smooth; stir into sugar mixture.
- Mix in flour mixture, apples, and strained raisins until well blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan.
- Once cool, shake pan to loosen cake. Turn onto plate, and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
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