🍎✨Apple Cinnamon Pound Cake 🍎✨
Ingredients
Apple Mixture🍎✨
- 3 cups thinly shaved apples loosely measured
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp all spice
🧈✨Pound Cake✨
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2½ sticks salted butter soft
- 4 oz full-fat block cream cheese
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole milk room temperature
- 1 tsp cinnamon in flour
🍎Apple Pie Cream Cheese Glaze🍎
- 4 oz cream cheese soften
- 1½–2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 20oz can of apple pie filling
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp all spice
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Prep apples 🍎🍏
- Begin by peeling and coring the fresh apples.Thinly slice or shave the apples, then cut the slices into smaller pieces so they spread evenly throughout the pound cake.
- Measure out 3 loosely packed cups of prepared apples.If the apples are especially juicy, gently pat them with paper towels to remove some of the excess moisture.Place the apples in a bowl and toss them with:¼ cup all-purpose flour1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon¼ teaspoon ground nutmegSet the prepared apples aside while you make the cream cheese pound cake batter
Make the Pound Cake
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Thoroughly grease and flour a 10- to 12-cup Bundt pan, making sure all the grooves are coated.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the 3 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt and cinnamon Set aside.In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and 4 ounces of cream cheese until completely smooth and creamy.
- Gradually add the granulated sugar. Continue beating for approximately 5–7 minutes, until the mixture is pale, light, and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.Add the eggs one at a time, mixing just until each egg is incorporated before adding the next one.
- Mix in the vanilla extract.With the hand mixer , alternate adding the flour mixture and milk
- Mix only until everything is combined. Do not overmix the batter.Using a spatula, gently fold the fresh apple mixture into the finished batter.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared Bundt pan and smooth the top. Do not fill the pan more than ¾ full.Gently tap the pan on the counter to release any large air pockets.Bake at 325°F for approximately 80 minutes, or 1 hour and 20 minutes.Check the thickest part of the cake with a long wooden skewer. The skewer should come out clean or with a few moist crumbs but no wet batter.
- Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 15–20 minutes. Carefully turn it onto a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
🍎Apple Cream Cheese Glaze🍏
- Beat the softened cream cheese until completely smooth.Gradually mix in the powdered sugar until creamy.Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla extract, and butter flavoring. Mix until thoroughly combined.Add the apple pie filling and gently mix it into the cream cheese glaze. If the apple pieces are large, break or cut them into smaller pieces first.Spoon the apple pie cream cheese glaze generously over the completely cooled pound cake.
