Apple Spice Cake

Very moist spicy sweet cake with chunks of tender apples and raisins.

• Calories: 357 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ cup raisins
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
• 1 tablespoon warm water
• 3 apples - peeled, cored and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10 inch tube pan. Cover raisins with warm water, let soak for 10 minutes and then drain. Whisk together flour, spices, and salt. Set aside.

Step 2

Cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Stir together soda and 1 tablespoon warm water, and mix into the sugar mixture. Stir in flour mixture, apples, and strained raisins until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in pan. Once cool, shake pan to loosen cake. Turn onto plate, and dust with confectioners' sugar.