Southern Living Chunky Apple Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well (batter will be stiff). Stir in apples until well combined., Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until top is lightly browned and springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 30 minutes before serving., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and butter. Cook over medium heat until butter is melted. Gradually add cream. Bring to a slow boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Serve with cake.

Steps:

• 1. Prepare filling: Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
• 2. Prepare Batter: Preheat oven to 350. 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 7 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 3 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and pecans.
• 3. 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.
• 4. Bake @ 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).
• 5. Prepare Frosting: Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 Tbsp. milk to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, 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.

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl combine sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix with an electric mixer until well combiined (about 2 minutes).
• In seperate bowl wisk together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Add dry ingredients to liquid mixing with an electric mixer--batter will be thick.
• Fold in walnuts, raisins and apples until all is incorporated.
• Pile batter into a well greased and floured 12 cup Bundt pan or well greased and floured 9 x 13 x 2 pan.
• Bake for one hour at 350 or until cake tester comes almost clean.
• If using Bundt pan let cake cool in pan for 20 minutes and turn onto to rack to continue cooling.
• If using 9 x 13 x 2 pan cool in pan and cut cooled cake into squares and serve directly from pan.

Steps:

• Cake: Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until blended.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients.
• Add to butter mixture, stirring until blended.
• Stir in apple slices and 1 cup pecans.
• Spread into a greased 13 x 9-inch pan.
• Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• Spread with Cream Cheese Frosting; sprinkle with pecans, if desired.
• Cream Cheese Frosting; Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Gradually add confectioner's sugar, beating at low speed until light and fluffy.
• Stir in vanilla extract.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 13x9-in. baking pan with cooking spray., In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs, applesauce, oil and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Fold in apples and pecans., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar (mixture will be soft). Spread over cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; mix into the batter. Fold in apples and nuts. , Spread into a 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 325° for 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool. , For the frosting, combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Whip until smooth and spread over cake.