Apple Spice Cake
Description
This moist apple spice cake is flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice and loaded with chunks of tender apples and sweet raisins in every bite.
Ingredients
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1 teaspoon ground allspice
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 cup butter, softened
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2 cups white sugar
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4 eggs
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 tablespoon warm water
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
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1/2 cup raisins
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1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
Directions
1
Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10-inch tube pan.
2
Cover raisins with warm water and let soak for 10 minutes; drain.
3
Whisk flour, spices, and salt together in a bowl; set aside.
4
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.
5
Mix in flour mixture, apples, and strained raisins until well blended.
6
Pour batter into prepared pan.
7
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.
8
Once cool, shake pan to loosen cake. Turn onto plate, and dust with confectioners' sugar.