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Autumn Orchard Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

It's a breeze to whip up this scrumptious cake that's loaded with cinnamon and bits of moist apple

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October 16th, 2007

Recipe by Paula Bowman

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“The recipe was extremely easy to make and it turned out awesome. My 8-year-old daughter helped me and she loved it, too.”
- Carrie Smith, mom of Mason, 9, and Josh, 17, Steinbach, Man.

Servings
Makes 16 servings
Prep Time
50 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 tspbaking soda
  • 1/2 tspkosher salt
  • 3/4 cupunsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cupgolden brown sugar, packed
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and coarsely grated (about 2 cups)
  • 1 package (250 g) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tspground cinnamon
    • Directions
  • 1.

    Preheat oven to 350 deg. F. Grease an 8-inch square pan and set aside.

  • 2.

    Mix first five dry ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.

  • 3.

    Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. One at a time, add eggs, mixing well after each addition. Stir in sour cream and vanilla. Add apples and mix well. Add reserved dry ingredients and mix. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool before removing from pan and cut into 2-inch squares.

  • 4.

    Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese on medium speed until smooth.

  • 5.

    Add butter and continue to beat.

  • 6.

    Reduce speed to low and add icing sugar, scraping sides as necessary.

  • 7.

    Mix in remaining ingredients, continuing to beat until fluffy.

  • 8.

    Try pears, sweetened cranberries or fresh blueberries instead of apple.

  • 9.

    For single lunch-size servings, spoon batter into 12 greased muffin tins and bake for about 20 minutes.

    • Nutrients Per Serving
    Per serving (one square with 1 tbsp/15 mL icing): 287 calories, 17.3 g fat, 52.0 mg calcium, 135 mg sodium, 30.5 g carbohydrates, 0.7 g fibre, 3.4 g protein.
    Autumn Orchard Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
    Photo by Edward Pond
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