Dried Apple Stack Cake

This is an easy to make spice cake filled with the exciting flavors of dried apple, pecans, coconut and currants. Apple butter serves as the icing. It tastes fabulous!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 486 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 3 eggs
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package spice cake mix
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup currants
• 2 cups apple butter
• 1 cup dried apples
• ½ cup shredded or flaked coconut

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease bottoms of two 9 inch round layer cake pans.

Step 2

In a large bowl, mix the spice cake mix, dried apples, pecans, coconut, currants, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla extract and butter. Pour the mixture into the cake pans.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Step 4

Split each cake layer into four sections. Spread apple butter between the sections and reassemble layers.