Apple Cinnamon Pound Cake

Name: Apple Cinnamon Pound Cake
Ingredients: FOR THE CAKE:; 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese; 3 sticks Margarine; 3-1/4 cups Sugar, Divided; 6 whole Eggs; 3 cups Flour; 1 Tablespoon Vanilla; 4 whole Apples, Peeled And Chopped; 1/3 cups Ground Cinnamon; _____; FOR THE ICING:; 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese; 1 stick Margarine; 4 cups Powdered Sugar; 1 teaspoon Vanilla

15 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
3 sticks Margarine
3-1/4 cups Sugar, Divided
6 whole Eggs
3 cups Flour
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
4 whole Apples, Peeled And Chopped
1/3 cups Ground Cinnamon
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FOR THE ICING:
8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
1 stick Margarine
4 cups Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees for a bundt cake, or 300 degrees for a loaf.
2

To make the cake, in a mixer, cream together the cream cheese and margarine. Add 3 cups of sugar, then eggs, then flour. Add the vanilla and beat until creamy with no lumps.
3

Skin and chop apples into bite-sized chunks. Toss apples in a bowl with the cinnamon and remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Fold the coated apples into the pound cake batter, but do not stir more than about 5 times.
4

Pour in 2 greased and lined loaf pans, or a greased and floured bundt pan. Bake for about 45 minutes for a loaf pan, or 75 minutes for a bundt pan (to check: stick a toothpick in and if it comes out clean, it's done).
5

While cake is baking, prepare the cream cheese frosting. Cream together cream cheese and margarine. Slowly mix in powdered sugar until creamy. Dash in 1 teaspoon of vanilla and ice the cooled cake, or melt the icing for 10 seconds and drizzle over the cake.