Apple Butter Cake Roll

Prep Time: 30min Total Time: 1h15min Servings: 10

Ingredients

3

eggs

1

cup granulated sugar

1/3

cup water

1

teaspoon vanilla

3/4

cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1

teaspoon baking powder

1/2

teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2

teaspoon ground cloves

1/4

teaspoon ground allspice

1/4

teaspoon salt

1/4

cup powdered sugar

1 1/2

cups apple butter

1

teaspoon powdered sugar

Directions

• 1Heat oven to 375°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking parchment paper, foil or waxed paper. In medium bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 5 minutes or until very thick and lemon colored.
• 2Gradually beat granulated sugar into eggs. On low speed, beat in water and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and salt just until batter is smooth. Pour batter into pan; spread to corners.
• 3Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, generously sprinkle 1/4 cup powdered sugar on clean towel.
• 4Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan; invert onto sugared towel. Carefully remove paper. Trim off stiff edges of cake if necessary. While hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end. Place on cooling rack; cool at least 30 minutes.
• 5Unroll cake; remove towel. Spread apple butter evenly over cake. Roll up cake; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon powdered sugar. Store covered in refrigerator.

Expert Tips

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Apple butter is a thick, dark preserve of slowly cooked apples, sugar and spices.