Apple Spice Cake
This is a delicious apple spice cake with a brown sugar frosting and is the perfect fall dessert.
Servings: 12
Calories:
Ingredients
For The Apple Cake
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground allspice
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1½ tsp nutmeg
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 ⅓ cup milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup raisins
- ¾ cup grated apple
For The Brown Sugar Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese
- ½ cup butter
- 2 tbsp milk
- ⅔ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° and spray (2) 8 inch cake pans with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
For The Apple Cake
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract. Beat until combined then set aside.
- Next, beat dry ingredients into wet ingredients..
- Fold in pecans, raisins, and grated apples, stir.
- Evenly pour cake batter into prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
For The Brown Sugar Frosting
- In a medium sized bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth, approximately 2-3 minutes. mix together cream cheese, butter, milk, brown sugar, and vanilla until well combined.
- Next, add milk, brown sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and beat on medium speed until all ingredients are combined.
- Frost cake once it has cooled completely.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home