Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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I stole this recipe for Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting from twopeasandtheirpod.com. This delicious cake is perfect for fall. First flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and allspice are mixed together. Then sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla extract are whisked together and added to the dry ingredients. Next chopped apples are added to batter before pouring into a baking pan. The cake is baked and cooled. Cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar are mixed together for a delicious homemade frosting. This recipe is a delicious way to use that container of allspice in your spice cabinet.

The ingredients for this recipe are: 2 cups AP flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp ground nutmeg, 2 cups granulated sugar, ½ cup vegetable oil, 2 large eggs, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 4 cups chopped peeled apples, ¼ cup chopped pecan, 8 oz cream cheese,4 tbsp butter, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 2 cups powdered sugar

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and allspice. Set aside.

Then in another large bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla extract.

Slowly stir in the flour mixture.

Stir in apples until the cake batter moistens.

Pour the batter into a sprayed and floured 9×13 baking pan.

Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and set.

While the cake is cooling, in a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until it is completely smooth. Add the butter and beat until combined.

Next add the vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth 1 minute.

Frost the cooled cake with the cream cheese frosting.

Cut into pieces and serve. Cover and refrigerate leftovers.

If you liked this recipe for Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting then you can also try Easy Apple Cake, Cinnamon Apple Bundt Cake, Apple Cider Doughnut Cake, Dutch Apple Pie Cookies or Fresh Apple Snack Cake.

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Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This delicious cake is perfect for fall. First flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and allspice are mixed together. Then sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla extract are whisked together and added to the dry ingredients. Next chopped apples are added to batter before pouring into a baking pan. The cake is baked and cooled. Cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar are mixed together for a delicious homemade frosting.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Servings 12 people

Ingredients

Apple Cake

  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 cups chopped peeled apples Granny Smith or Gala (about 1 lb)
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
  • 4 tbsp butter at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray and flour a 9×13 baking pan. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and allspice. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla extract. Slowly stir in the flour mixture. The batter will be thick. Stir in apples until the cake batter moistens. (Add pecans in this step.)
  4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and set. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
  5. While the cake is cooling, make the cream cheese frosting. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cream cheese until it is completely smooth. Add the butter and beat until combined. Add the vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth 1 minute.
  6. Frost the cooled cake with the cream cheese frosting.
  7. Cut into pieces and serve. Cover and refrigerate leftovers.