Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Submitted by bunkie68

"This came from Southern Living's September 2011 issue. I'm putting it here for safekeeping."

 

• 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

1. 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.

2. To prepare the batter:

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
4. 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.
5. Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan.
6. 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.
7. Spoon remaining apple mixture over cream cheese filling.
8. 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.
9. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).

10. To prepare frosting:

11. 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.
12. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
13. Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly.
14. Pour immediately over cooled cake.