Spiced Apple Cake with Spiced Whipped Cream

Ingredients:

For the Apple Cake:

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon Gather Holiday Baking Spice or Apple Pie Spice
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and small dice
• ½ cup walnuts

For the Spiced Whipped Cream:

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 teaspoon Holiday Baking Spice or Apple Pie Spice

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and parchment a 9 x 9 cake pan.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, holiday spice and salt.  Set aside.
3. In a large bowl or with a mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla.
4. On low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients. Stir in apples and walnuts. Spoon into pan.
5. Bake for 40-45 minutes, checking at 30 minutes. While cake is cooling, beat heavy cream, sugar and holiday baking spice together until peaks form.

Serve cake topped with spiced whipped cream.