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Caramel Apple Pound Cake

Caramel Apple Pound Cake
This Caramel Apple Pound Cake is like two desserts in one.
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • FOR POUND CAKE
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 c. granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 2 medium apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled and chopped
  • FOR THE GLAZE
  • 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ c. powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp. whole milk
  • 2 tbsp. caramel
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • FOR TOPPING
  • ¼ c. caramel sauce
  • ¼ c. chopped toasted pecans
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9”-x-5” loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment. Make pound cake: In a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, then add vanilla.
  2. In a separate large bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined, then fold in apples. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth top.
  3. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  4. Meanwhile, make glaze: In a medium bowl using a hand mixer or whisk, beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, caramel, and salt until smooth. Pour over cooled cake, then drizzle with more caramel and garnish with a sprinkle of pecans.

 

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