Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 10 ounce all-purpose flour (about 2 1/4 cups)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup apple butter
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 6 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
  • 2 large eggs
  • Spread:
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon apple butter

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup tube pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour.
  • Weigh or lightly spoon 10 ounces flour (about 2 1/4 cups) into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 10 ounces flour and next 6 ingredients (through allspice), stirring with a whisk.
  • Combine buttermilk, 1/2 cup apple butter, and 1/2 cup maple syrup, stirring with a whisk.
  • Place butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth (about 1 minute). Add sugar and fresh ginger; beat at medium speed until well combined (about 1 minute). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beating at low speed, add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  • Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
  • To prepare spread, place 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons maple syrup, and 1 tablespoon apple butter in a bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed for 2 minutes or until well blended. Serve cake with spread.