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Caramel Apple Pound Cake Recipe

Say hello to apple season with this moist Caramel Apple Pound Cake Recipe. It's topped with cream cheese icing AND a caramel drizzle. Truly delicious!

  • Prep20 min
  • Cook1 hr
  • Serves18
Caramel Apple Pound Cake Recipe

Caramel Apple Pound Cake- A moist pound cake with diced Granny Smith apple covered with a cream cheese icing and a caramel drizzle. You can’t go wrong with this fall dessert!

Caramel Apple Pound Cake on a cake stand.

Forget Apple Pie. I’ll take a big slice of Caramel Apple Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Icing please.

Typically Bundt Cakes seem kind of boring and sometimes they are dry and flavorless. But not this one.

Caramel Apple Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

It’s nice and moist from small pieces of diced Granny Smith apple distributed all throughout the batter. Plenty of cinnamon and apple pie spice flavor it up.

To top it off and make it extra special (because no one wants a boring Bundt cake) there’s a thick, creamy cream cheese icing, flavored with just a hint of caramel, dripping down the edges.

But we’re not stopping there. This pound cake is finished off with a caramel drizzle and toasted pecans. Hello Apple Season!!!

Slice of pound cake on a small plate with fresh apples in background.

CARAMEL APPLE POUND CAKE RECIPE TIPS:

I diced my apple pretty finely because I wanted it to kind of melt into the cake so that the cake would have a fairly even texture. If you want your cake chunky, just dice the apple larger.

Be sure to spray your bundt pan well with baking spray with flour so that it doesn’t stick.

Leftovers should be stored in the refrigerator.

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Caramel Apple Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

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Recipe Source: adapted from Taste of the South Magazine

Caramel Apple Pound Cake

Ingredients

CARAMEL DRIZZLE

CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray with flour.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, beat together the white sugar, 1 cup light brown sugar, and melted butter with an electric mixer at medium speed.

  3. 3

    Add eggs one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl between additions.

  4. 4

    Beat in the vanilla extract.

  5. 5

    In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, apple pie spice, and salt. Gradually add to sugar/egg mixture, beating until combined.

  6. 6

    In a medium bowl, toss together apples, remaining brown sugar, and cinnamon.

  7. 7

    Spoon 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. (Batter will be thick and you may need to spread it with a rubber spatula or lift the pan and drop it on the counter to get the batter to spread.)

  8. 8

    Spoon 1/2 apple mixture on top of batter and repeat layers, finishing off with a third layer of batter.

  9. 9

    Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until firm to the touch on top. Let cool for 10 minutes in pan and then turn cake out onto a wire rack.

  10. 10

    FOR THE CARAMEL DRIZZLE: Mix brown sugar, half-and-half, butter, and salt in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking continuously, until mixture starts to thicken nicely, about 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.

  11. 11

    FOR CREAM CHEESE Icing: Use an electric mixer to beat together the cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in milk and 1/4 cup of the caramel drizzle.

  12. 12

    Spoon Cream Cheese Icing on cake so that it drips down the sides. Spoon Caramel Drizzle on top of Icing. Garnish with pecans.

Notes

Leftovers should be stored in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

  • Calories418

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