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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When you print the recipe from “To Print The Recipe Click Here”, addition of the butter is left out of the directions in step #2.
Vicki for as long as that recipe has been up you are the only one that noticed it, THANK YOU!!! I fixed it!
Was wondering if I can use a can of apple pie filling
Elms, I just don’t know how the apple filling would change the cake. Maybe if you drained the filling and just used the apples. But I really can’t say how that would turn out.
CAN A SUGAR SUBSTITUTE BE USED FOR THIS RECIPE?
WHAT OTHER KIND OF APPLE CAN BE USED IN LIEU OF CAMEO?
I’ve never used a sugar substitute. Use any baking apple, I like Gala apples for baking. They hold up well in a dessert.
Would this recipe work in making mini loaves for gift giving?
Eileen I’ve never tried it that way, just reduce your baking time and let me know how it goes.
Any possibility I could bake this in a spring form pan?
I’ve never made it in a spring form pan Deborah, but i imagine it would be just fine, just check it close to the end of the baking time.
I made this cake yesterday. omg it is awesome. Its more of a bar than cake. But it is so moist. Family loves it
Thank you Betty!
Love your recipes. The cream cheese recipes sound wonderful.
Thank you Linda!
Approximately how many oz. or cups of apples is your “3 large apples”? New to your site and this looks great. Currently have about 8# of some very delish apples that are med.- small and I don’t want to mess the proportions. Thanks. Love your site!
Cheltie I used 3 large Cameo apples in the recipe. I didn’t measure them out. I just peeled and chopped them. You’ll be fine without having to measure the apples.
I make many apple recipes. I usually start with several ideas from other, then create my own apple treat. Today I looked in the fridge and cupboard for key ingredients I had, then Googled “apple recipes with cream cheese”. Found It! I didn’t have enough pecans, so added some walnuts, that’s it, by the book A+.
There you go Daniel, make it your own! I be it was delicious with walnuts too, thank you for coming back to tell me!
OMG Bunny, this cake is absolutely delicious! The only change I made was to cut back the sugar by half a cup and it still tasted fantastic to us. Thanks!
Your so welcome Melissa, thank you for coming back to tell me, I love it!
I made this last night and it’s equally delicious the next day. I was in such a rush, though, I forgot to add the topping! I sprinkled some cinnamon on top half way through the bake and it turned out great. I also cut the sugar in half when I made the batter, and it was the perfect sweetness for me. It’s the ideal fall dessert and I can’t stop eating it. Thank you!
Fantastic Leah! Sometimes mistakes turn out perfect don’t they! You made a cake perfect for you, thank so much for coming back to tell me, I love it!
Hello, This cake looks amazingly delicious. I’m from Australia, can you please tell me what 1- 8 ounces is in grams? Thanks Kaza
8 ounces in grams is 226.796 grams. Let me know how the cake goes for you Kaza!
I would be concerned about the liquid to Joyce. I wouldn’t do it with peaches, pears yes but I wouldn’t do peaches.
Can I use granny Smith apples?
The recipe says firm and crisp apples and Granny Smith are certainly that Nancy! Give it a try and let me know how it goes for you!
I am currently In the process of starting it in my kitchen! From Lancaster, Pennsylvania and we currently are getting slammed with a snow storm right now so while the boys and dad are out playing in it, mom is inside cooking lol. This will most likely last 5 minutes once it’s done! Can’t wait to see the finished product thank you again for sharing! 🙂
I am currently In the process of starting it in my kitchen! From Lancaster, Pennsylvania and we currently are getting slammed with a snow storm right now so while the boys and dad are out playing in it, mom is inside cooking lol. This will most likely last 5 minutes once it’s done! Can’t wait to see the finished product thank you again for sharing! 🙂
I’m from Pennsylvania Jen and I remember those March snow storms! We got our worst and most snow in March! I hope your family loves it! Thank you for taking the time to come and and comment! We loved this cake!
I just took the cake out of the oven after baking in a 9 inch springform pan. I had to bake it for one hour and 30 minutes as the batter filled the pan. I also took your crumb topping and divided into two. I placed half batter in pan, sprinkled half of topping then rest of batter and then rest of topping. I used 3 large apples which added up to 6 cups of chopped apples. I also left the skin on the apples.
Thank you for the recipe. it will go good with breakfast tomorrow morning.
Thank you Katharine.
I just took the cake out of the oven after baking in a 9 inch springform pan for one hour and 30 minutes. The batter filled the pan. I placed half of the batter in the pan, sprinkled with half of topping then rest of batter and finally rest of topping.
The cake will be served for breakfast to my guests.
Thank you for the recipe.
Thank you Katharine.
I made this cake today and it’s delicious!
Thank you Mel.
This is SO delicious!!! I have had it pinned in my “Favorite Recipes” board for a long time! Thank you for this brilliant recipe!
Thank you Becky!