Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
photo by plegler
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
14
ingredients
- 946.36 ml finely chopped peeled cooking apples
- 473.18 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 9.85 ml vanilla
- 473.18 ml all-purpose flour
- 9.85 ml baking powder
- 9.85 ml ground cinnamon
- 4.92 ml salt
- 2.46 ml baking soda
- 236.59 ml chopped pecans
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Garnish
- pecan pieces
- caramel ice cream topping
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Cream Cheese Frosting
- 85.04 g package cream cheese, softened
- 59.14 ml butter (no substitutes)
- 78.78 ml caramel ice cream topping
- 1005.50 ml sifted powdered sugar, divided
directions
- In a large bowl, mix together apples and sugar.
- Stir in oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.
- Add flour mixture to apple mixture; stir until combined.
- Fold in 1 cup pecans.
- Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8 or 9-inch round baking pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
- Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
- For frosting: In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Beat in caramel ice cream topping.
- Gradually beat in 2 cups sifted powdered sugar.
- Beat in 2 1/4 cups additional powdered sugar to reach the appropriate spreading consistency.
- Place one cake layer on a serving platter.
- Frost top of this cake layer.
- Add the second cake layer on top; frost top and sides with remaining frosting.
- Garnish with additional pecan pieces and drizzle with extra caramel ice cream topping.
- Cover and store in the refrigerator.
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