AppleButter Spice Cake & Cream Cheese Frosting

AppleButter Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

• 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons allspice or mace
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups apple butter or applesauce
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg together into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, apple butter, and oil. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir gently until completely combined.

  Grease four 9-inch round cake pans. Divide the batter evenly among the pans. Set two pans each on separate cookie sheets. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 cup (8 oz) cream cheese
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 2 lb confectioners’ sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 2 to 4 tablespoons heavy cream