Spiced Apple Cake with Orange Glaze
Featured in the October/November 2015 issue of Eat Drink Mississippi
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
2 eggs
1/1 cup buttermilk
1 cup Musselman's Apple Butter
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon orange peel
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.
In a large bowl, cream sugar and softened butter, then add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Stir in apple butter.
Pour into a greased 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan. Bake 55-65 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.
Make orange glaze by combining powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange peel. Glaze over warm cake.