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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
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by:
Lori Haltrich
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Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Recipe explodes with flavors with cream cheese, butter, sugar, pecans, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, applesauce, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla extract and apples.
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INGREDIENTS
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CREAM CHEESE FILLING:
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1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
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1/4 cup butter, softened
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
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1 large egg
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APPLE CAKE BATTER:
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1 cup finely chopped pecans, 3 large eggs, lightly
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3 cups all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup canola oil
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1 cup granulated sugar, 3/4 cup applesauce
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1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
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2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon ground allspi
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 3 cups peeled and fin
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PRALINE FROSTING:
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1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
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1/4 cup butter
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3 tablespoons milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 cup powdered sugar
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DIRECTIONS
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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.
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2:
Prepare Batter: Preheat oven to 350º. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Stir together remaining ingredients, stir in apples and pecans.
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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.
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4:
Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden tooth 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). Prepare Frosting: Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 tablespoons 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.
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