Cream Cheese Apple Cake
This delicious cake is made moist by adding cream cheese to the batter. It’s filled with the wonderful flavor of apples, cinnamon, brown sugar and pecans. Oh my gosh I couldn’t believe how good it was!
The cake is brimming with chopped apples that sit in a cake batter made with butter and cream cheese. The cake is very tender, moist and delicious! I used 3 large Cameo Apples which are crisp and firm. It may seem like 3 large apples is to many but please use all of them! You’ll love it!
The cinnamon, brown sugar and pecan topping is perfect for the cake! It adds sweetness and crunch ,it compliments the apples beautifully. I tossed the apples in lemon juice after I chopped them for two reasons.
First it keeps the apples from turning brown while you make the batter and two…lemon adds a wonderful flavor to apples just like it does to blueberries and other fruit. This is an outstanding cake that you can enjoy all year round, I hope you love it as much as we did! Enjoy!
Cream Cheese Apple Cake
Ingredients
- 3 large apples peeled use firm crisp apples, I used Cameo, cored and chopped
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice to toss chopped apples with
- 1 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1- 8 ounce pkg cream cheese room temperature
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Topping
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place baking rack in the middle of the oven. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan with shortening.
- 1. Peel, core and chop 3 large firm crisp apples. Toss them in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, set aside.
- 2. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the 1 3/4 cup of white sugar, butter, the cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Add the eggs and beat until well combined and creamy.
- 3. Combine the flour,salt and baking powder in a small bowl, stir to combine. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, beat with an electric mixer until just combined. Add the chopped apples and fold them into the batter.
- 4. Pour the apple batter into the prepared 13x9 inch baking pan. Leveling the batter out as needed.
- 5. In a small bowl combine the light brown sugar, cinnamon and chopped pecans. Sprinkle over the apple batter in pan.
- 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 -60 minutes or until the cake tests done with a toothpick.
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I am making this as soon as possible! It looks so good!
Thank you! And when you make it please come back and tell me how it went for you!
I have a party tomorrow and planning on baking your cake. Question, after cooling would you suggest to store it in the refrigerator till it is time to serve it ?
Hi Erika, no need to put the cake in the refrigerator, it’l be fine covered and on the counter. Let me know what you think!
Hi Mary! Your delicious Cream Cheese Apple cake has been featured at our Simple Supper Tuesday Linky Party at Moore or Less Cooking! Nettie
http://mooreorlesscooking.com/2014/10/06/simple-supper-tuesday-linky-party-30/
Thank you Nettie!
Does this cake need refrigeration after the first day?
Buster no it doesn’t need refrigerated at all. The cream cheese is baked into the cake.
G’day from Oz! Thanks for sharing your recipe at the Say G’day Saturday Linky Party. I’ve just shared this on Pinterest/Facebook/Twitter.
Hope you can link up with us again this Saturday!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
It looks mouthwatering….But I would like to know-if you can explan- what does “1- 8 ounce pkg ” mean? Could you please give me another way of measuring since I dont use oz? Thanks
Hi Alada75, 8 ounce package of cream cheese. The store will sell packages of cream cheese in an 8 ounce block or you can buy it in a 4 ounce block. Don’t use the cream cheese thats in the tubs. Use the blocks.
I m sorry for the late reply but here in Europe we dont use ounces, its in gramms. Sorry to keep bothering you with this, but if anyone can help I would appreciate it!
Alada one of my wonderful commenters has posted a conversion chart here in the comments for you! THANK YOU Helen!!
Just made it wonderful gonna make another one for the grand kids
GREAT Mike!! Thanks for coming back to tell me, I love it!!
This is for alada75:
If u follow this website u will get the info u require re converting oz. to grams & vice versa. It is really helpful.
http://www.foodgeeks.com/resources/conversion_charts
Hope u can find it. Good luck! It has conversions for Canada/New Zealand/U.K.,/U.S./Australia
They state that 8 oz. is 225 grams. Happy baking!
Thank you so much Helen!
Thank you very much Helen! 🙂
can this be made in a bunt pan.
I’ve never made it in a bundt pan Sheila. I imagine it could be,if you decided to try it let me know!
I’ve made this cake several times and it is by far one of the most requested by my family. It’s so ridiculously moist and filled with the PERFECT amount of apple. Yum!
Thank you Lauren!! It’s definitely a keeper!
Found this today and made it for my family. It was easy to prepare and delicious. Next time after putting lemon on the apples I will also put some sugar and cinnamon in the apples mixture. Also when it settled in the pan I swirled a knife through the mix to give it a marbled when cut to serve. And yes it is a wonderful anytime cake especially fall and winter with a cup of tea or coffee.
This looks too good to be true!
It’s all that and a bag of chips Dan!
Wow Mary this looks super fab! I love this recipe! I had to pin it I loved it so much! Hope mine turns out as well as yours did!
XoXo
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Thank you Heidy,it’s much appreciated!
What a beauty! This homemade cakes. Very, very tasty. Beyond praise recommended
Thank you so much Marina!
This looks delicious snd super moist! I think I’ll make this for my co-workers and bring it to our net potluck!
You’ll love the cake Sandra,thanks for stopping by!!
In the recipe it says 13/4 cups of sugar is that just 4 cups sugar
Debbie no, it’s 1 cup plus 3/4 cup of sugar. I fixed it so it’s looks better and you can see that. Thank you!
What is a Cameo apple? Is is tart like a Granny Smith? Can Splebda be substituted for the sugar?
This is my key -to- the- heart cake recipe so far. My bf just loves it. Every time i come to visit, he begs me to bake him the cake. Thank you Mary Bunny ! Greetings from Germany!
How wonderful Oxana! WEll they do say the way to a man’s heart is his stomach! LOL!! Looks like you’ve got it covered! Thanks for stopping by Oxana!
I am confused about the “Cream Cheese Apple Cake” Listed in the ingredients is 2 tsp. of baking powder. In the directions it says to combine the flour , salt, and baking soda . I used baking powder . It is in the oven now. I will let you know how it turns out. Jean
Hi Jean, it’s baking powder, you’re good to go!
The cake is absolutley delicious
My daughter and I just put it in the oven. Can’t wait to taste it. We used whole wheat flour and oats instead of nuts. It looks so delicious.
Thank you Janine, please come back and tell me how it went!
No, it is not fixed! Also cinnamon amount is way off 3 tsp, no way! Doubting using 3 apples as well. Wish I had read through the recipe before trying it, it will be a miracle if it comes out ok!
Yes it is fixed now, sorry!
No problem Pam.
Come back and tell me how the cake tasted Pam.