- 1 tbsp flour
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1tsp baking soda
- 1tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/2 cup apple butter
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 6 tbsp softened butter
- 2 eggs
- Spread:
- 6 tbsp softened butter
- 6 tbsp softened butter
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp apple butter
Preheat oven to 350F.
Cake: spray cooking spray into a 12 cup tube pan and flour with 1 tbsp of flour.
Combine 2 1/4 cups flour with baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt and allspice. Add buttermilk, 1/2 cup apple butter and 1/2 cup maple syrup, whisk well.
Cream butter in a large bowl. Add sugar, ginger and eggs. Combine flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, alternate flour and buttermilk additions.
Bake at 350F for 45 minutes, cool 10 minutes in the pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan when completely cool. Add spread at serving time.
You can lightly toast this cake to make the spread melt.