Never-Miss Apple Cake
Ingredients
- 1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz.) softened
- 2 cups sugar divided
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup canola oil
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon ground
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups apples tart, peeled, chopped
- 1 cup carrots shredded
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
Praline Icing
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup butter cubed
- 2 tbs. milk 2%
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup pecans toasted, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in 1 egg; set aside. In a large bowl, beat oil with remaining sugar and eggs until well blended.
- Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into oil mixture until blended. Stir in apples, carrots and pecans.
- Transfer half of the apple batter to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan; layer with cream cheese mixture and remaining apple batter.
- Bake at for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
- In a large saucepan, bring the brown sugar, butter and milk to a boil. Cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Sprinkle with pecans. Yield: 12 servings.
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