Chunky apple spice cake, filled with cream cheese, topped with caramel sauce and sprinkled with pecan. This warmly spiced apple bundt cake with caramel sauce is outrageously rich.
This cake is chuck full of fall flavors. The spiced cake was inspired by my recipe of Middle Eastern spiced tea, loaded with apples with a ribbon of cream cheese in the middle and drizzled in silky caramel sauce. A divine cake that will fill you with a sweet and warm sensation to welcome Fall.
Yes, you've read it right FALL, you might wonder why I am putting apple recipe now while we are ready to welcome Spring not Fall. Well, a significant numbers of my readers live in the Southern Hemisphere and they are on the verge of Fall. Yes, I am finally sharing a “seasonal” recipe just for the other hemisphere. I’m thinking of you guys!
Ok enough talking and let's jump right in.
Begin by preparing the cream cheese filling by beating cream cheese, egg, flour and sugar.
Until creamy and smooth.
Then we'll start making the cake by mixing sugars and oil. I love oil based cakes, they are light and moist.
Mix flour, spices and all the dry ingredients well.
And as usual mix dry and wet ingredients until everything is well combined.
Here comes the apple... yumm.
Pour half the batter into a bundt cake, then spoon cream cheese filling over, leaving some space between the filling and the border of the pan all around.
Pop in the oven, bake and drizzle with either store bought or homemade caramel sauce for more heavenly taste. Sprinkle with some nuts, pecan goes very well with this recipe.
You can of course serve it plain without the caramel sauce, but seriously this worths the extra calories. If you are going to eat desserts, eat it right :). And may be hop on the treadmill afterwards hehehe.
Personally, I would love having a slice weather it is spring, Fall or whatever season of the year. It is lovely, delicious by all means. Make this cake, make it because it is Fall, make it because it is Spring, make it just because :).
I hope you'll like making this loaded cake... until next time.. have a great Fall/Spring.
Spiced apple cake, with caramel sauce.
Ingredients
For the cream cheese filling:
- 1 8oz package cream cheese room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg large
- 2 Tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the cake:
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup oil used vegetable
- 3 eggs large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups AP flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1 teaspoon cardamom ground
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 lb apples peeled and diced
For the caramel sauce: use a store bought one or:
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup powder sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
Make the cream cheese filling:
- Start by making the cream cheese filling by beating all the ingredients in a deep bowl until creamy and smooth. Set aside.
Make the cake batter:
- Make the cake, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, oil and eggs in a bowl and beat for 1 minute or until well blended.In another bowl add the dry ingredients and stir well to combine.Gradually, add the sugar mixture and beat until just combined.Fold the apples in then prepare your bundt cake.Pour half the cake batter into the pan, spoon the cream cheese filling over leaving about an inch all around from the edges.Pour the rest of the batter over. Bake in the pre heated oven until done, takes about 50 minutes.Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let it completely cool on a wire rack.
Make the caramel frosting:
- Place brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan and bring it to a boil . Keep stirring for a minute.Add powdered sugar and vanilla and whisk it to combine. Turn off heat and let it cool down as it will thicken.
- Pour frosting over and garnish with some chopped pecans.
- Slice, Serve and …. Enjoy!!!
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I haven't made an apple cake since we sold our orchard in New England and moved to Florida. Yes, even though this might be considered a fall dessert, I'd gladly share a slice of this cake with you anytime.
Oh wow Amira, I want to lick that cream cheese icing of the screen, it looks like it will. The whole cake is fabulous. That is so nice to make a recipe for the Fall ahead people 😉 I was sos surprised yesterday when I was looking up when we change the closks and I saw Australia was going back to standard time soon. I wa confused for a moment lol.
Oh Amira, I love how this cake came out...and all the layers in it...what a great recipe...apple and caramel...great combination!
I hope you are enjoying your week 🙂
Lucky thing we can get decent apples any time of the year. So even though our peak crop is over, we can still make this. Love apple desserts, and this looks SO flavorful. Thanks!