Mini Apple Spice Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10 inch tube pan. Cover raisins with warm water, let soak for 10 minutes and then drain. Whisk together flour, spices, and salt. Set aside.
• Cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Stir together soda and 1 tablespoon warm water, and mix into the sugar mixture. Stir in flour mixture, apples, and strained raisins until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in pan. Once cool, shake pan to loosen cake. Turn onto plate, and dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Generously grease and flour 12 mini bundt pan cups or large muffin cups.
• Combine oil and sugar in a large bowl and beat with a wire whisk until well blended.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg.
• In another bowl sift together flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture to the egg mixture and blend well.
• Then add in the chopped apples and vanilla and stir until blended in.
• Pour batter into the well greased and floured pans. Bake for 40 minutes. They should be very golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before removing onto a wire rack to cool.
• During the last 10 minutes of baking time make the glaze. Melt the butter in a saucepan and then stir in sugars.
• Add vanilla and cream stirring well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Pour glaze over warm cakes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Frost cooled cupcakes.