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Home » Creative Recipes » Desserts » Fruit Desserts » Apple » Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake

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Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake

BY: Michele
PUBLISHED: Aug 28, 2015
UPDATED: Jan 23, 2020
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of KitchenAid. All opinions and text are mine.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples, cinnamon, chopped pecans, and a cream cheese filling, topped with a vanilla glaze is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

Yay!! It’s Fall baking season, which means it is fall apple season! Never mind that it is 100 degrees outside here, I just crank up the a/c and start baking fall desserts! Baking makes me happy. Apples make me happy. So this Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake makes me very happy!!

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To make this Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake, dice fresh apples. I like to dice the apples so I don’t have large chunks of apples in the cake. Then combine the diced apples with cinnamon and chopped pecans.

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This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

Using your KitchenAid Stand Mixer, mix together the ingredients for the cake mix, and spoon half of the batter into the bottom of a loaf pan. Don’t worry. A printable version of the recipe with detailed instructions is below.

aThis Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

For the next step mix together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla for the cream cheese filling. Spoon that on top of the cake batter in the pan.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

Then spoon half of the apple pecan mixture on top of the cream cheese, followed by the remaining cake batter.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

Then bake the Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake in a preheated oven for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until the cake is browned on top and a toothpick in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

While the cake cools, mix together the vanilla glaze. When cooled pour the glaze over the top of the cake.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake tastes amazing on its own, but to take it over the top, serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and spoon some of the apple pecan mixture over the top.

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

Doesn’t this Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake look amazing?! And it smells wonderful while it is cooking. One bite and you will understand why I love fall baking and why this recipe makes me so happy!

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples and topped with a vanilla glaze, is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.

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Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake

This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples, cinnamon, chopped pecans, and a cream cheese filling, topped with a vanilla glaze is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love.
Course Apple, Cake, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Apple Cake, Apple Cream Cheese Cake, apple dessert, Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 416kcal
Author Michele @ Flavor Mosaic

Ingredients

Apple Filling

  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 apples peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 9 ounces cream cheese, softened (1 block of cream cheese)
  • 1/2 cup sugar $
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

APPLE CAKE

  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tablespoons oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk

VANILLA GLAZE

  • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons milk adjust as needed for best consistency
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray with baking spray or grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
  • In a medium bowl combine diced apples, pecans,brown sugar, and cinnamon. Set aside.
  • In another bowl mix together softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
  • In a large bowl beat together the softened butter and white sugar. Add in one egg at a time, while continuing to run the mixer. Mix in oil and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl sift together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the wet ingredients (butter, sugar, egg mixture) into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
  • Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan; Spoon the cream cheese filling on top of the batter, sing a spatula to even out. Add half the apples and half the brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter. Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, for about 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes.
  • To make the vanilla glaze, mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Drizzle on top of cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 416kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 229mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 603IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 1mg

 

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