Apple Butter Spice Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ¾ cup apple butter
- ½ cup whole bran cereal or wheat germ
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Make topping: Mix brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl until well combined. Set aside.
- Make cake: Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add apple butter, bran cereal, and vanilla; stir until incorporated. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, mixing well after each addition.
- Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking dish; sprinkle with 1/2 of the topping. Cover with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining topping.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
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