CINNAMON-APPLE CAKE AKA HANUKKAH CAKE

Cinnamon-Apple Cake AKA Hanukkah Cake image

A very moist and dense cake with apples and cinnamon, traditionally served during Hanukkah. It's a favorite in our household, and best of all, not from a box!

Provided by Mr. Big Business

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Apple Dessert Recipes

Time 2h20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 ½ cups white sugar
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ cup white sugar
2 large baking apples, peeled and chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
Beat 1 1/2 cup of sugar with the butter, vanilla extract, and cream cheese in a bowl until soft and creamy; beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
In a separate small bowl, stir together the cinnamon with 1/4 cup of sugar. Stir 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon-sugar mixture into the flour mixture; reserve the rest of the cinnamon sugar.
Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture to make a smooth batter, and mix in the apples. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the top of the batter with the reserved cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven until the cake pulls away slightly from the edges of the pan, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool cake completely on a wire rack before removing the pan and slicing the cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 479.7 calories, Carbohydrate 70.4 g, Cholesterol 100.4 mg, Fat 20.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.9 g, SaturatedFat 12.4 g, Sodium 327.4 mg, Sugar 49.5 g