- 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.
- Prepare Batter: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 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.
- 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.
- 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. Cook 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 tbsp milk to a boil in a 2-quart sauce pan over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute, whisking constantly. Remove from hear, 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.
Makes 12 servings
Hands on time: 40 minutes
Total time: 4 hrs, 10 mins
| From the kitchen of: | Jill Jackson Price | Southern Living Magazine |
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| Ingredients: | CREAM CHEESE FILLING 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 1 tsp vanilla extract APPLE CAKE BATTER 1 cup finely chopped pecans 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground allspice 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 3/4 cup canola oil 3/4 cup applesauce 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 cups peeled and finely chopped Jackson's Orchard apples (Gala, ) (about 1-1/2 lb) PRALINE FROSTING 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 1/4 cup butter 3 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup powdered sugar |
