Simply Perfect Spice Cake

Name: Simply Perfect Spice Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 cake, 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon orange peel, grated (pretty much 1 orange); 3 eggs; 2 1/2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 cup plain yogurt (Greek is recommended); 1 cup apple, chopped (Granny Smith are recommended); 1 cup raisins; 1 cup walnuts, chopped; 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Submitted by Elisabetta47

"Like everyone else, I'm always seeking new recipes. Yet when I find one, I obsessively have to tweak it. What is that...ego? Housewife boredom? I'm still struggling with this. But I make no apologies for the following. My many, many attempts with this one has produced a cake that is healthy (sort of); fool-proof (use any pan you want); internationally-acclaimed (I live in Italy and this one has brought me fame with some sweet neighbors...there's that ego thing again). But most of all, I appreciate how it can be tossed together so easily and eaten at anytime, at any temperature. Credit and praise to an old Sun Maid raisins booklet."

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 10

ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
1 tablespoon orange peel, grated (pretty much 1 orange)
3 eggs
2 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup plain yogurt (Greek is recommended)
1 cup apple, chopped (Granny Smith are recommended)
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts, chopped
¹⁄₄ cup powdered sugar

directions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Grease a 10" springform pan with tube insert or any other kind of deep pan in your cupboard. My favorite is a cast-iron/teflon-coated pan that produces tree shapes which can be "snowed" with powdered sugar.
Cream butter, sugar and orange peel until fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Combine dry ingredients in one bowl.
Combine yogurt and apples in another bowl.
Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternately with the yogurt/apple mixture.
Stir in the raisins and nuts.
Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 50-60 min., or until toothpick comes out clean.
Let stand for 10 minute on a rack before turning out to cool.
Sieve powdered sugar over cooled cake.