Apple Butter Cake With Beer & Honey

A very rich and spicy bundt cake... this is an online recipe that I adjusted a bit. I managed to run out of flour while I was making this and only had self-rising flour, so I omitted the baking powder and salt; I've also toned down the cloves a bit (the original recipe calls for a whole teaspoon). You could do an icing for this cake, but I think a dusting of confectioners' sugar is just enough.

• Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
• Serves: 12-14

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 2  cups sugar
• 4  eggs
• 1⁄2 cup apple butter
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
• 3⁄4 cup honey
• 4  cups self-rising flour (*)
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon ground allspice
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1  cup beer (something kind of light)
• 1  cup raisins
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

1. *Ifyou don't have self-rising flour, you can use regular all-purpose flour and add 2 tsp.
2. baking powder and 1/4 tsp.
3. salt.
4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
5. Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
6. Add apple butter, orange juice, and honey; mix well.
7. Toss raisins and walnuts in a small amount of the flour.
8. Add sifted, combined dry ingredients alternately with beer, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
9. Stir in the flour-coated raisins and walnuts.
10. Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt cake pan.
11. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
12. Dust top and sides with confectioners' sugar.