Apple Butter Layer Cake Recipes

APPLE BUTTER SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
• Prepare the topping by mixing together the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped pecans.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next. Add apple butter, vanilla, and wheat germ or bran cereal. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour cream; mix well after each addition.
• Pour half the batter into the prepared pan; sprinkle with half of the topping. Pour remaining batter into pan and top with the rest of the topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

APPLE-BUTTER LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9-by-3-inch springform pan and line with parchment. Butter parchment. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and 3/4 cup granulated sugar in a bowl. Whisk together butter, egg yolks, and milk in another bowl. Whisk flour mixture into yolk mixture until smooth.
• Beat egg whites with a mixer on high speed until frothy. Add cream of tartar and continue to beat until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes. Gradually add remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar and beat until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 3 minutes. Whisk one-third of white mixture into yolk mixture. Gently but thoroughly fold in remaining white mixture.
• Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake until top of cake springs back when lightly touched, 50 to 55 minutes. Slide a paring knife around edge of cake to loosen; release cake from pan. Let cake cool 15 minutes on pan base on a wire rack. Invert cake onto wire rack; remove pan base and parchment. Turn cake top-side up onto rack and let cool completely.
• Assembly: With a serrated knife, split cake horizontally into 4 layers. Transfer bottom layer to a cake plate or platter. Spread with 1 cup apple butter. Add second layer; spread with 1 cup apple butter. Repeat with third layer and remaining 1 cup apple butter. Top with fourth cake layer, domed-side up. Filled cake can be stored in refrigerator up to overnight.
• Beat cream and confectioners' sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. Dollop on top of cake. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

APPLE BUTTER LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Save the last 4 ingredients for the frosting.
• Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg. cloves,and cinnamon.
• Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Combine buttermilk and applesauce.
• Add alternately with the flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake at 350* for 35-40 minute
• Remove from pans.
• Cool thoroghly on cake racks.
• Frost cooled cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting.
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• FROSTING:.
• In a small bowl, Combine butter, milk, vanilla and sugar.(Last 4 ingredients of list).
• Mix until frosting is smooth and shiny.
• If Consistency is too thick.
• Add a few drops of milk.
• Frost cooled Applesauce Layer Cake.