{"id":21704,"date":"2017-02-20T07:09:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T12:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21704"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:24:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:24:23","slug":"cream-cheese-apple-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/20\/cream-cheese-apple-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Cream Cheese Apple Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/20\/cream-cheese-apple-cake\/applecrch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/AppleCrCh.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AppleCrCh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/AppleCrCh.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/AppleCrCh.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/AppleCrCh.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/AppleCrCh.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This apple cake certainly isn&#8217;t much to look at, but in the taste department, it&#8217;s Miss Universe! It&#8217;s studded\u00a0with apples with a fine crumb, moist &#8211; thanks to the cream cheese, crowned with the perfect amount of brown sugar and cinnamon. It&#8217;s my new go-to apple cake!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1 3\/4 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>8 oz. cream cheese,\u00a0room temperature<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs,\u00a0room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Topping:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/3 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 teaspoons cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba and grease a 9&#8243; x 13&#8243; pan.<\/li>\n<li>Peel and chop apples, toss with lemon juice and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, and cream cheese until smooth, add eggs and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add to butter\/cream cheese mixture until combined. Fold in apples.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into prepared pan, smooth out with rubber spatula.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon &#8211; sprinkle over the batter.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, test with a toothpick. Let cool on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This apple cake certainly isn&#8217;t much to look at, but in the taste department, it&#8217;s Miss Universe! It&#8217;s studded\u00a0with apples with a fine crumb, moist &#8211; thanks to the cream cheese, crowned with the perfect amount of brown sugar and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/20\/cream-cheese-apple-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[3805,2172,3847],"class_list":["post-21704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-apple-cakes","tag-cream-cheese","tag-desserts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5E4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22624,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/09\/25\/lemon-raspberry-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":21704,"position":0},"title":"Lemon Raspberry Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"September 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I made this cake for a dear friend's birthday. 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