Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Cream Cheese Filling:
1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. butter, softened
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 T. all-purpose flour
1 t. vanilla extract
Apple Cake Batter:
1 c. finely chopped pecans
3 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
2 t. ground cinnamon
1 t. salt
1 t. baking soda
1 t. ground nutmeg
1/2 t. ground allspice
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 c. canola oil
3/4 c. applesauce
1 t. vanilla extract
3 c. peeled and finely chopped Gala apples (~1 1/2 lbs.)
Praline Frosting:
1/2 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 c. butter
3 T. milk
1 t. vanilla extract
1 c. powdered sugar
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Directions: |
Directions:Beat the softened cream cheese, the softened butter, and the sugar together with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add the egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until well blended and set aside.
For Cake Batter:
Preheat oven to 350º. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8-10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Stir together 3 c. of flour, along with the sugars, spices, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Stir in eggs, then add the oil, applesauce, and the vanilla. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in the finely chopped apples and the roasted pecans.
Grease and flour a 14-cup bundt pan. Spoon 2/3 of the apple mixture into the pan. Then add the cream cheese filling leaving about an inch border around the edges of the pan. Swirl filling into the apple mixture using a paring knife. Spoon remaining apple mixture over the cream cheese filling.
Bake @ 350º for about 1 hour and 15 minutes; until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for about 15 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack, and cool completely, (about 2 hours).
Frosting:
Bring 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1/4 c. butter, and 3 T. milk
to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly. Boil 1 minute, and continue whisking. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth, then stir gently for about 3-5 minutes until mixture begins to thicken slightly. Pour immediately over cooled cake. |
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