Desserts-Cake: Fall Harvest Spice Cake
Source of Recipe
www.amethysts-recipes.com
List of Ingredients
1 18-1/2 ounce package spice cake mix
1 cup water
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup apple butter
Maple Butter Cream Frosting (below) Recipe
Preheat oven to 375�F.� Spray 2 9-inch cake pans with non-stick vegetable spray. In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, water, eggs, oil, and apple butter; beat until well blended and smooth.� Pour into prepared cake pans. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.� Cool in pans for 10 minutes.� Remove from pans; cool completely on a wire rack.
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MAPLE BUTTER CREAM FROSTING
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup maple syrup
3 cups confectioners� sugar
2 cups chopped walnuts
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, � melted
1/4 cup chopped almonds
2 tablespoons chopped dried apricots
2 tablespoons chopped dried cranberries
2 tablespoons raisins
In a small bowl, combine butter and syrup; beat until well blended.� Gradually beat in confectioners� sugar. Place one cake layer on serving plate; frost top with Maple Butter Cream Frosting.� Top with second layer; frost top and sides of cake.� Press walnuts into side of cake. Pipe chocolate onto cake to form a tree trunk.� Combine almonds, apricots, cranberries, and raisins.� Sprinkle on cake to form leaves.
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