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Apple Cider Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cider Buttercream by Jan Charles
Apple Cider Spice Cake with Cinnamon-Cider Buttercream
I always have visions in my mind of getting the Horde apple-picking when autumn season hits, the evenings turn cold, and the moments are brightened by that impossibly-blue sky. I do it in fruit time, I do it when the sugary corn arrives in the summer season, and I do it when the tomato plants brighten and ripen. I get attractive thoughts of content children skipping through orchards together, and gallons of fresh new pressed cider hanging around to bolster their thriving little bodies.
And still - for apples - almost all I can say is that they require ladders. There are actually 5 guys within the Horde O'Precious Darlings, from 2 to fourteen, and that's 10 potential broken or cracked arms. Not really that the Misses are any better; I swear either one of the females could give all five of the males a run for disasters-waiting-to-happen. And so I have copped out thus far for the apple picking. My cider not only isn't fresh new pressed - I bought it at the mega-warehouse club. I really like fresh, local along with all natural just as much as the next guy, however presently there usually are limits when implementing that towards the practical and day to day, y'all. Apple picking must hold off until I have my own farm, rich in natural fresh fruits as well as produce waiting to be plucked, as well as happy little farm creatures gallivanting about.
Redemption for me nevertheless comes in this - homemade spice cake. Not simply spice cake - but APPLE spice cake, and this particular spice cake recipe uses loads of apple cider. The result is about as perfect as it gets - nutmeg and cinnamon, ginger and allspice all dance together with apple cider within a wonderful tender cake which is fortified together with a delightful apple glaze and also a delightful cinnamon cream cheese butter cream. Have I absolutely hooked you yet? If not, may i point out that so far as cake recipes go, this is about as elementary as it gets. There - that ought to get you. 
Really though - this cake is actually ultra straightforward, positively home made, as well as simply simply shouts autumn. And your kitchen will certainly smell heavenly as well. That's win-win in anybody's book. Cookbook that is. Give it a try - it truly is almost enough to transport 7 kids away and off to an orchard in your area. Nearly.
You'll Need:
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 3 cups sugar
* 6 eggs
* 3 cups flour
* 1/4 tsp. baking soda
* 1 teaspoon. salt
* 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
* 1/4 tsp. allspice
* 1/4 tsp ground ginger
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, fresh grated
* 2 tsp. vanilla extract
* 3/4 cup apple cider
1. Preheat oven to 325°. Grease 3 9-inch cake pans and place aside.
2. In bowl of electric mixer with paddle attachment cream together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time mixing after each addition until incorporated. Add vanilla extract and mix. Scrape down sides of your bowl while you work.
3. In separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Add to butter mixture switching with cider, starting and ending with flour. Blend merely till incorporated, scraping sides of the bowl to fully incorporate all the ingredients.
4. Pour into prepared cake pans and spread uniformly. Smooth the top of the batter using a plastic spatula. Bake at 325° 35-40 mins or till surface of cake is browned and starts to crack and cake tester put in into middle of cake comes out clean.
5. Allow cake to cool in pans for ten mins, then turn cakes out on to a wire rack to complete cooling. In the meantime, put together the glaze and frosting.
To make the glaze:
* 2 cups powdered sugar
* 2-3 tbs. apple cider
* 1/4 teaspoon. cinnamon
* 1/8 teaspoon. allspice
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
Blend together sugar and spices in bowl or big mixing cup. Put in apple cider a little at a time and stir until glaze gets to desired consistency. (Add sugar or cider as needed.) Glaze needs to be easy to pour but thick enough that it will not soak in cake right away. Pour glaze over completely cooled cake.
For the frosting...
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
* 8 oz cream cheese, softened
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon allspice
* 1/8 teaspoon ginger
* 1/8 teaspoon numeg
* 24-32 oz powdered sugar
* up to 1/4 cup apple cider
1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese until softened.
2. Add spices, and about 1 / 2 the powdered sugar. Turn mixer on low until the icing comes together. Gradually add in additional powdered sugar until icing is firm.
3. Add apple cider until frosting reaches a spreading consistency. Don't make it too soft - in case you add an excessive amount cider the icing will 'droop'. If you get yours too soft (I do all the time) merely increase the amount of powdered sugar till it stiffens up.
4. Be sure that the cakes are completely cool, then frost in between layers, then the top and sides. Perfect!
About the Author
Jan Charles (DixieMockingbird) is a mom, cook, professional gastronomic wildcat and author from Greeneville, Tennessee. She has a ton of kids, collectively called The Horde. She is known as The Thrillbilly Gourmet, and teaches practical gourmet homestyle cooking online via YouTube and on air during appearances on Daytime Tricities at WJHL, Channel 11 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Her work can be found as well at HubPages where she publishes as DixieMockingbird, http://dixiemockingbird.hubpages.com. Her website can be found at http://www.ThrillbillyGourmet.com
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