Apple butter cake



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sometimes the canned goods just sort of add up in the pantry, especially if they are stuff you  make yourself on a pretty regular basis.  Sometimes I make a whole lot of something one year, and not so much of it another. Well After a while you just end up with a cabinet full that you have to use up. Not that its going to go bad, but just the same, its always good to be able to use it up anyways.

 

Well a couple of weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to make some apple butter cake, but couldn't find a recipe that I liked, or that didn't call for a bunch of fancy ingredients that I would have to go in search for at the store. So, I pulled a bunch of stuff together, and here we are.  This is a very moist cake, so no matter what you insert into this is going to come out with moist bits of cake on it, so its going to look sort of raw, but I promise you, its not raw, AND your not going to notice it when you eat it. In fact, If you let it sit out over night it will dry a bit. 

 

2 Cups Sugar

2 sticks of butter (16 tbsp.) softened

4 eggs

4 &1/2 cups apple butter

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

4 cups flour

 

1) cream together butter and sugar

2) add eggs one at a time while mixing

3) mix in apple butter

4) while mixing all all dry ingredients except flour

5) add flour a little bit at a time until its all mixed in

 

Preheat oven to 375, and grease 3 bread loaf pans. Divide the batter between them.

Bake for 65 minutes.  Allow to cool for at least an hour before you turn the

cake out of the pans. Enjoy!!!

 

Now, for this batch, I was almost out of apple butter, so I substituted the remaining apple butter, with apple sauce, which was also home made and sitting in my pantry from last year.  Its just as good, but you will want to add about a half a tsp of cinnamon, and a pinch more ground cloves if you do this substitution.

 

Enjoy, and happy baking!!!!