Brown Butter Cream Cheese Jewish Apple Cake

By srumbel

A Traditional Jewish Apple Cake, enriched with Cream Cheese, and infused with the Toasty, Nutty Flavor of Brown Butter. A Perfect Dessert for your Rosh Hashanah Celebration.
from bakingamoment.com

Ingredients

• For the Cake:
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 6 ounces cream cheese (I used reduced fat), softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• For the Filling/Topping:
• 3 cups (about 2 1/2 medium-sized) Rome or Jonathan apples
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 105mins

Preparation

Step 1

Make the Filling/Topping
1.Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
2.Toss the chopped apples in 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon sugar, reserving the rest for topping.

Make the Cake
3.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and grease a 9-inch springform pan.
4.Melt the butter in a medium skillet, over medium heat.
5.Continue to heat the butter, watching carefully, and allowing it to sizzle/crackle, and turn a warm brown color. Immediately transfer to a small bowl, to halt the cooking process, and allow to cool to room temperature.
6.Beat the cream cheese together with the browned butter, until creamy.
7.Mix in the sugar and vanilla extract.
8.Add the eggs, one at a time.
9.Finally, mix in the flour, baking powder, and salt, until just combined. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl, making sure all of the ingredients are well incorporated.
10.Pour 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan, and layer the spiced apples on top. Spread the rest of the batter over the apples, and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the top.
11.Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs.