Best 5 Vanilla Apple Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

APPLE LAYER CAKE WITH CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 8-inch round cake pans; line with parchment. Butter and flour parchment, tapping out any excess.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together butter, brown sugar, and eggs until well combined; fold in grated and diced apples. Add flour mixture; mix just until combined. Divide batter among prepared pans; smooth tops.
• Bake until a tester inserted in centers comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cakes cool in pans 20 minutes, then invert onto wire racks; remove parchment. Invert cakes again; let cool completely on racks.
• Frosting: In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cream cheese and beat until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes more. Add confectioners' sugar and salt; beat 5 minutes.
• Place a cake layer on a serving plate. Spread about 1 cup frosting evenly over it; top with a second cake layer. Repeat with another 1 cup frosting and third cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 4 days. Return to room temperature before serving. Garnish with apple chips, if desired; use a serrated knife to slice cake.

GRAN'S APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 13x9-in. baking pan with cooking spray., In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs, applesauce, oil and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Fold in apples and pecans., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar (mixture will be soft). Spread over cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

APPLE CAKE W/ CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until well blended.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients. Add dry mixture to the butter mixture, stirring until blended. The mixture will be very thick.
• Stir in apple slices. It hardly seems like enough batter to coat the apples, but bakes up beautifully.
• Spread batter into greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
• For the frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar and salt, beat well.
• Stir in vanilla and frost the cooled cake.

APPLE WALNUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; mix into the batter. Fold in apples and nuts. , Spread into a 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 325° for 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool. , For the frosting, combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Whip until smooth and spread over cake.

VANILLA APPLE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of a 10-inch springform cake pan with parchment lined bottom and set aside.
• Placed prepared apples in a bowl and pour brandy over the apples.
• Sift the flour, cinnamon, cloves and baking powder, and set aside.
• Strip the vanilla seeds from the bean, then place the seeds, pod and butter into a small saucepan.
• Cook over low heat until the butter turns brown it will take on a nutty smell and will have an intense vanilla flavor.
• Remove the vanilla bean and let cool to room temperature.
• Separate the eggs and whip the yolks with the vanilla extract and salt. When the egg yolks start to change color and start to get fluffy, add 3/4 cup of the sugar and continue to whip until light in color.
• Fold in the butter mixture, then fold in the sifted flour mixture (the batter will be thick).
• Fold in apples and Brandy.
• Whip the egg whites until fluffy, then add the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and continue to whip until stiff.
• Fold the whites into the cake batter in thirds.
• When well mixed, pour into the cake pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool on a wire rack.
• When cool, run a butter knife around the edge to loosen then turn out onto a plate and top with vanilla cream cheese frosting.
• FROSTING:.
• Place the unsalted butter, vanilla seeds and the powdered sugar in the mixer with the paddle attachment (if available).
• Beat until soft and well creamed.
• Add the cream cheese and continue to mix until well combined.
• Spread on top of the cooled cake. Refrigerate the cake until the frosting is firm, about 30 minutes.