Double Apple Bundt Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup store bought apple butter
• 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and grated
• 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup plump moist raisins

Recipe

• 1 center a rack in the over and preheat to 350°f.
• 2 butter and flour a 9-10 inch bundt pan.
• 3 whisk together the dry ingredients, flour through salt.
• 4 working with a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and sugar on medium speed, scraping the bowl as needed, for 3 minutes, or until the mixture is smooth, thick, and pale.
• 5 add the eggs one at a time, beating for about 1 minutes after each addition; you'll have a light fluffy batter.
• 6 reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the apple butter.
• 7 add the grated apples and mix to completely blend.
• 8 add the dry ingredients, mixing only until they disappear into the batter.
• 9 using a rubber spatula, fold in the nuts and raisins.
• 10 turn the batter into the bundt pan and smooth the top of the batter with the spatula.
• 11 bake for 50-55 minutes or until a thin knife inserted deep into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 12 transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before unmolding.
• 13 cool completely before serving.
• 14 the cake taste much better after a day or two.