Instructions:

Honey-Beer Cake

1/2 cup butter
2 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup apple butter
3/4 cup honey
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
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 seedless raisins
1/2 cup black walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Cream butter and sugar until 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 raisins and nuts which have been coated with flour. Pour batter into greased and floured tube pan.

Bake 1 hour 20 minutes. Sprinkle top and sides with confectioners sugar