Apple Butter Cake

 
Apple Butter Cake is a twolayer cake flavored with homemade apple butter and apple pie spice and covered in a frosting made with apple cider for an apple taste in every bite. Try my Apple Bundt Cake for another spiced cake with apple flavor. 
Apple Butter Cake
There are no apples to peel and cut up for this recipe. But you will still get an apple spice taste in every bite. From the homemade apple butter and homemade apple pie spice in the cake to the homemade apple cider in the frosting there is no shortage of apple flavor.

Apple Butter Cake Ingredients
This recipe is all about the apple flavor from ingredients you can make at home!
Apple Butter Apple butter can be made in a slow cooker and be used more than just as a spread. I love my homemade recipe but you can absolutely use storebought. Readers have also mentioned that they use this base apple butter cake recipe to make a pumpkin butter cake by replacing the apple butter with pumpkin butter.
Apple Pie Spice Its easy to make your own spice to have on hand for all your fall recipes. The link goes to my homemade recipe but this is also an available spice in grocery stores.
Apple Cider Its refreshing to have this around the house and you can make it with the kinds of apples you like to eat. Its a nonalcoholic beverage suitable for all ages! In a pinch you can use Apple Juice but the cake will be much sweeter.
How to Frost the Apple Butter Cake
To frost a layer cake a rotating cake stand comes in handy. A Lazy Susan will also work. But the cake can still be successfully frosted without a stand. You will notice that this cake is not completely covered in frosting it is a naked cake.
Place your first layer on your cake stand.  Put a large dollop of frosting on it and use a small offset spatula to make frosting an even layer. Some frosting should spill out the sides and that is exactly what you want Add the second cake layer on top of the frosted layer. Spread the spilled frosting around the cake. It will not be completely covered hence the naked cake Smooth the remaining frosting on top. 
Pro Tip Pop your cake stand right on top of a rotating cake stand. So much easier when you are frosting!
Can I Use a Different Size Pan?
If you do not want to make a layer cake you can make this recipe in a 913 pan. Bake at 350F for 3545