Fuji Apple Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Fuji Apple Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 2 Tbsps bourbon, apple brandy, or rum (optional); 227 grams package cream cheese, room temperature; 3 larges eggs; 2 mediums Fuji or Gala apples (13 to 14 ounces total), peeled, halved, cored, cut into 1/3-inch cubes; 177 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg or ground nutmeg; 12 servings Coarsely chopped toasted pecans (for garnish); 710 milliliters powdered sugar (measured, then sifted); 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 296 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 355 milliliters unsweetened applesauce; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 558 calories, 6g of protein, and 16g of fat per serving. If you have ground allspice, powdered sugar, baking powder, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Position rack in center of oven andpreheat to 350°F. Butter and flour two9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch highsides. Line bottom of each pan withparchment paper round.

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Whisk first 7ingredients in medium bowl. Using electricmixer, beat 1 cup butter in large bowluntil fluffy.

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Add both sugars and beat untilsmooth.

Add eggs 1 at a time, beatingwell after each addition. Beat in vanilla,then bourbon, if desired (mixture may lookcurdled).

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Add flour mixture to egg mixturein 3 additions alternately with applesauce in2 additions, beating until blended after eachaddition. Stir in apples and pecans. Dividebatter between cake pans; smooth tops.

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Bake cakes until tester inserted intocenter of each comes out clean, about 50minutes.

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Transfer cakes to racks and cool inpans 15 minutes.

Cut around pan sides toloosen cakes. Invert cakes onto racks; peeloff parchment paper.

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Place another rackatop 1 cake and invert again so that cake isrounded side up. Repeat with second cake.Cool completely. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap each cake in plastic and stoer at room temperature.

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Using electric mixer, beatcream cheese and butter in large bowl untilsmooth. Beat in vanilla extract and pinchof salt. Gradually add powdered sugar,beating until frosting is smooth and creamy,about 2 minutes.

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Frosting

Butter

Cheese

Salt

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Using long serrated knife, trim offrounded tops of cakes to make level;brush off any loose crumbs.

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Transfer 1cake to platter, trimmed side up. Drop halfof frosting (about 11/2 cups) by spoonfulsatop cake.

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Frosting

Spread frosting evenly to edgesof cake. Top with second cake, trimmedside down. Drop remaining frosting byspoonfuls onto top of cake, leaving sidesof cake plain.

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