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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
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings

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

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350°
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, both sugars, salt, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and baking soda
  • In a separate bowl, mix eggs, oil, vanilla, and applesauce. Slowly pour into the dry mixture and combine, careful not to overmix
  • Fold in diced apples and set aside

Cream Cheese Filling

  • In a bowl, cream together cream cheese, butter, and sugar until fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
  • 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.
  • Pour on the remaining cake batter and make sure the cream cheese is covered
  • Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  • 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

  • In a small saucepan, whisk together butter and brown sugar and bring to a boil.
  • 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
  • Sprinkle pecans on the top of the glaze and slice and serve!
Keyword apple, baked, bundt cake, cheesecake, cinnamon, cream cheese, glaze, maple