#1455 - Apple Butter Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 1/2 cups CAKE flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 cup apple butter
2 eggs
1 cup Breakstone's sour cream
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup softened Parkay margarine
Topping: 1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed); 1 tsp. cinnamon; 1/2 tsp. nutmeg; 1/2 cup chopped nuts

In a mixer add white sugar, eggs and vanilla--beat. Add Parkay--beat. Add sour cream and apple butter--beat. Add salt, baking soda and baking powder--beat. Slowly add cake flour--beat until mixed, then beat for 2 minutes. Pour 1/2 of batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. In a separate bowl add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and chopped nuts--stir until mixed. Sprinkle 1/2 of the nut mixture on top of the batter in the cake pan. Spoon the rest of the batter on top of the nut mixture. Sprinkle the rest of the nut mixture on top of the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.