Fresh Apple Cinnamon Cake
 
 
Adapted from cooking light recipe for Apple Cupcakes
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Recipe type: Brunch, Dessert
Ingredients
  • Cake Batter
  • 1½ cups Flour
  • ½ tsp. Baking powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Baking soda
  • 1 tsp. Cinnamon
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup (2oz) Reduced fat cream cheese
  • ¼ cup (1/2 stick) butter softened
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • 1 large Egg
  • ½ cup plain yogurt
  • ⅓ cup reduced fat milk
  • 2 med. apples - peeled and finely chopped
  • Streusel
  • 3 Tbs. Flour
  • 3 Tbs. Brown Sugar
  • ¼ tsp. Cinnamon
  • 2 Tbs. Butter, chilled
  • ¼ cup Pecans, chopped
  • Glaze
  • 1 cup powder sugar
  • 4 tsp milk
  • dash of cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Prepare one 8in cake pan - grease well and lightly flour.
  3. * If you have parchment available, cut a circle the size of the bottom and fit inside. This ensures the cake will release easily.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in small bowl, mix to combine.
  5. Combine, butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl; beat with a mixer on high speed until well blended. Add vanilla, cinnamon and egg - beat on medium until well blended.
  6. Combine yogurt and milk in a small bowl; stir to combine. Toss apples with 1 tbs of flour - this keeps the apple from sinking to the bottom while baking.
  7. With mixer on low, add ⅓ of the flour mixture, when combined, add ⅓ of the yogurt, then repeat until all ingredient are used. Do not over-beat - this keeps the cake tender.
  8. Fold the diced Apples into the batter, then spread batter into prepared cake pan(s).
  9. Make Strussel: Combine Flour, Brown Sugar, and cinnamon in small bowl. Cut 2 Tbs of butter into to the mixture to resemble coarse meal. Add pecans and mix again. Sprinkle streusel evenly over cake - Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until a wooden tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool pan on rack for 30 minutes. To remove cake from pan place a plate over the top of the cake and invert - lift pan. Use a second plate and invert again. When cake is completely cool - combine powder sugar, cinnamon, and milk stir to combine. Drizzle glaze over cake.
Recipe by Seasonal Muse at https://www.seasonalmuse.com/fresh-apple-cinnamon-cake/