Chunky Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
Ingredients For The Cake
- 1/2 Cup Butter or Margarine Melted
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 4 Granny Smith Apples Peeled and Sliced
- 1 Cup Walnuts Chopped and Toasted (Completely Optional)
Ingredients For The Frosting
- 1 8 oz Cream Cheese Softened
- 3 Tbsp Butter or Margarine Softened
- 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/8 tsp Salt
Instructions
Directions For The Cake
- Stir together first 4 ingredients in large bowl until blended.
- Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture, stirring until blended.
- Stir in apple slices and 1 cup walnuts (if using). The batter will be very thick, almost like cookie dough.
- Spread into a well-greased 13- x 9-inch pan. (It's pretty sticky, so make sure to grease your pan well!)
- Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
- Spread with Cream Cheese Frosting; sprinkle with walnuts, if desired.
Directions For The Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Gradually add sugar and salt, beating until blended.
- Stir in vanilla.