Honey Beer Cake

Photo: flickr user The Jewish Agency for Israel

Ingredients

1/2 cup Butter

2 cups Sugar

4 Eggs

1/2 cup Orange juice

1/2 cup Apple butter

3/4 cup Honey

4 cups Flour, sifted

2 teaspoons Baking powder

1/2 cup Black walnuts, chopped

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Baking soda

1 teaspoon Nutmeg

1 teaspoon Cloves

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 teaspoon Allspice

1 cup Beer

1 cup Raisins, seedless

Preparation

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.