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Cinnamon Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

The perfect fall dessert does exist! It is this delicious and moist cinnamon apple bundt cake with a cream cheese filling and maple glaze
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Cooling Time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cinnamon Apple Cake
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 12 oz unsweetened apple sauce
  • 3 medium honeycrisp apples diced and peeled, about 3 cups
Cream Cheese Filling
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Maple Glaze
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • ½ tsp maple extract optional
  • 1¼ cup powdered sugar

Method
 

Cake
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, both sugars, salt, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and baking soda
  3. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, oil, vanilla, and applesauce. Slowly pour into the dry mixture and combine, careful not to overmix
  4. Fold in diced apples and set aside
Cream Cheese Filling
  1. In a bowl, cream together cream cheese, butter, and sugar until fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
  2. Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray and pour in half of the cake batter. Spoon in the cream cheese filling (it helps to make a well in the cake batter so the cream cheese does not spread too close to the edges). Swirl a bit with a knife.
  3. Pour on the remaining cake batter and make sure the cream cheese is covered
  4. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  5. Place the pan on a wire rack or heat safe surface for 20 minutes, then flip over and remove from the pan to cool for another 1-2 hours.
Maple Glaze
  1. In a small saucepan, whisk together butter and brown sugar and bring to a boil.
  2. Remove from heat and add milk, vanilla and maple extract, and maple syrup. Slowly mix in powdered sugar and immediately pour over the cooled cake. It will set very quickly
  3. Sprinkle pecans on the top of the glaze and slice and serve!