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    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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