Cinnamon-Apple Cake

By Bostoncook

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup stick margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 ounces light cream cheese, softened (about 3/4 cup)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 cups granny Smith apple, chopped, peeled, about 2 apples

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, margarine, vanilla, and cream cheese at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 4 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, beating at low speed until blended.

4. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Combine 2 tablespoons cinnamon mixture and apple in a bowl, and stir apple mixture into batter. Pour batter into an 8-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture.

5. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan. Cool the cake completely on a wire rack, and cut using a serrated knife.

Notes: Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. So moist and delicious. Original recipe called for 1 3/4 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, nonfat cream cheese, rome apple

My changes: Used 1 ¼ cups sugar, 2/3 cup butter and 1/3 cup buttermilk (and may reduce butter even more next time, light cream cheese, Granny smith apples. Over and over again repeater. Note that these changes mean more butter - so something isn't right.