Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
"This came from Southern Living's September 2011 issue. I'm putting it here for safekeeping."
photo by PenlopePitstop
- Ready In:
- 1hr 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 25
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3⁄4 cup canola oil
- 3⁄4 cup applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups peeled and finely chopped gala apples, about 1 1/2 lb
- 1⁄2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
directions
- To prepare the filling: Beat the first three ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
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To prepare the batter:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
- Stir together 3 cups flour and next seven ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next three ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and pecans.
- Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan.
- Spoon cream cheese filling over apple mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl filling through apple mixture using a paring knife.
- Spoon remaining apple mixture over cream cheese filling.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
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To prepare frosting:
- Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 tablespoons milk to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute, whisking constantly.
- Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
- Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly.
- Pour immediately over cooled cake.
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