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His Grandmother Cocoa Cake Pastries

Honey Beer Cake

Ingredients & Directions


1/2 c Butter
2 c Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 c Orange juice
1/2 c Apple butter
3/4 c Honey
4 c Flour, sifted
2 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Black walnuts; chopped
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Nutmeg
1 ts Cloves
1 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Allspice
1 c Beer
1 c Raisins, seedless

Preheat oven to 325. Cream butter and sugar til fluffy. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Add orange juice, apple butter and
honey. Mix well. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with beer,
beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add raisin and nuts which have
been coated with flour. Pour batter in greased and floured tube pan. Bake
at 325 for one hour and 20 min. Sprinkle top and sides with confectioners
sugar.

Arizona Highways magazine
per Sandee Eveland

Yields
10 Servings