Spiced Apple-Pecan Cream Cheese Cake.

Ingredients of Spiced Apple-Pecan Cream Cheese Cake

1. You need of For the Filling.
2. It’s 8 oz of cream cheese.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of butter, softened.
4. You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
5. It’s 2 Tbsp of flour.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
7. Prepare 1 of egg.
8. It’s of For the Cake.
9. It’s 1 cup of sugar.
10. You need 1 cup of brown sugar.
11. You need 3 of eggs.
12. It’s 3/4 cup of oil.
13. It’s 3/4 cup of apple sauce.
14. It’s 3 cups of all-purpose flour.
15. Prepare 2 tsp of cinnamon.
16. You need 1 tsp of nutmeg.
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of allspice.
18. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
19. It’s 1 tsp of baking soda.
20. It’s 1 cup of chopped pecans.
21. You need 3 cups of peeled diced apples.
22. Prepare of For the Frosting.
23. It’s 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
24. Prepare 1/4 cup of butter.
25. It’s 3 Tbsp of milk or half'n'half.
26. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
27. You need 1 cup of powdered sugar.

Spiced Apple-Pecan Cream Cheese Cake step by step

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F.
2. Begin by combining the cream cheese filling ingredients and beat until smooth. Set aside..
3. Add the sugars, eggs, and oil and beat until combined..
4. Add the apple sauce and mix..
5. Combine the flour, spices, salt, and baking soda.
6. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in a mixer..
7. When the dry ingredients are just incorporated, stop the mixing and fold the apples and pecans in by hand..
8. In a greased bundt pan, layer half the cake batter, followed by the cream cheese filling..
9. Top with the remaining batter and spread to fill the seams..
10. Bake and 60-70 minutes until the cake sets and a wooden skewer inserted comes out without batter. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then invert on to a wire rack to cool completely..
11. Make the Frosting by melting the butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan pan over low heat..
12. Add the milk and vanilla and stir..
13. Add the powdered sugar and whisk. If the frosting is too thick to drizzle, add more milk 1 tsp at a time..
14. Drizzle the frosting over the cake and top with whole pecans, or if you can find them glazed pecans..