Apple N Pear Butter Spice Cake Food

PEAR APPLE SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flours, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large glass bowl, mix melted butter (make sure it is coolish), brown sugar and eggs, mixing until smooth.
• Mix flour mixture into the butter mixture a bit of a time without overmixing.
• Fold in apples and pears. Mixture will be thick.[img src="https://merryabouttown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Pear-Apple-Spice-Bundt-Cake-Batter-620x348.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6329"]
• Spoon in to prepared bundt pan and smooth the top.[img src="https://merryabouttown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bundt-Cake-Ready-for-the-Oven-620x329.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="329" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6330"]
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan for 20 minutes.
• Run a knife around the edges of the cake top and turn on to a cake plate.
• Sift powdered sugar on to the top of the cake.

APPLE PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Combine dry ingredients; stir into the fruit mixture. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and butter until smooth. Beat in the milk and vanilla; frost cake. Store in the refrigerator.

FRESH APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan.
• Place the pecans on a sheet pan and toast them for 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly toasted. Set aside. Combine the rum and raisins in a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 60 seconds. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, and orange zest on medium speed for 3 minutes. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves into a medium bowl. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, just until combined. Drain the raisins, discarding the liquid. With a rubber spatula, fold the raisins, pecans, and apples into the batter. Spread into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool, cut into squares, and serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of warm caramel sauce.

APPLE BUTTER SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Combine butter, apple butter, sugar and oil in large mixing bowl. Stir until smooth.
• Add in the raisins, buttermilk, egg and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
• Add the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
• Pour into a lightly sprayed or greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan and level the batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool on rack 25 minutes or until just warm.
• Combine glaze ingredients and whisk until smooth. Drizzle over warm cake or spread thinly and then let cake cool completely.

CHUNKY APPLE SPICE CAKE WITH VANILLA BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9-inch baking pan.
• For cake: Beat butter and brown sugar for 5 minutes in a mixing bowl, until light and fluffy; beat in eggs and vanilla just until blended; set aside.
• Sift together, flour, pumpkin pie spice, allspice and salt. Gradually add to creamed mixture, beating until blended; stir in apples, nuts and raisins (if using).
• Pour the batter/mixture into prepared baking pan.
• Bake 35-40 minutes, or until the cake tests done. Cool on wire rack.
• For butter sauce: Combine butter and whipping cream with brown sugar; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat, stir in 2 tbsp vanilla, mix until blended.
• Note: The sauce recipe may be doubled for a larger amount. Serve cake warm with vanilla butter sauce--delicious!
• Do ahead note: The cake can be prepared a day ahead, and the following day, warmed up in the oven on low temperature, then served with warm sauce. Also the sauce can be prepared ahead, and then warmed if desired.

APPLE N PEAR BUTTER SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your baking pan with butter and then flour. This cake will make a 9" tube cake or 13x9 pan.
• 2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy about 5 minutes. Add egg and mix until combined.
• 3. In a separate bowl combine raisins and pecans. Toss in 2 tablespoons flour until coated.
• 4. In another bowl combine the rest of the flour, salt, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• 5. Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until combined. Add apple n pear butter until well combined. Stir in raisin mixture.
• 6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 7. For glaze: Melt butter in a medium skillet. Add sugar, whipping cream, and salt. Cook and stir on medium-low heat until blended about 2 minutes. Increase heat until boiling with small air bubbles covering surface. Remove from heat and cool until thickened. Spoon over cake.

APPLE AND PEAR BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9" or 10" bundt pan with oil or butter.
• Sprinkle diced apples, pears and raisins with the sugar, set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs; add the oil, vanilla and pecans.
• Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture, mix well. Add the apples, pears and raisins.
• Spread batter into the prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto a wire rack and let cake fininsh cooling. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. (Tip: If you want to frost your cake, a sour cream frosting is very nice.).

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.