Apple-cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 3/4 cup applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups peeled and finely chopped gala apples, about 1 1/2 lb
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the filling: beat the first three ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
• 2 to prepare the batter:.
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees. bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
• 4 stir together 3 cups flour and next seven ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next three ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. stir in apples and pecans.
• 5 spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into a greased and floured 14-cup bundt pan.
• 6 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.
• 7 spoon remaining apple mixture over cream cheese filling.
• 8 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.
• 9 cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
• 10 to prepare frosting:.
• 11 bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 tablespoons milk to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute, whisking constantly.
• 12 remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• 13 gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly.
• 14 pour immediately over cooled cake.