Apple Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake

To celebrate the fall harvest season, we created this Apple Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake, a recipe that’s sure to bring a touch of autumn to your table. This delightfully moist cake is chock-full of crisp, sweet-tart apples accented with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, marbled with a creamy swirl, and finished with a decadent glaze. Baked in the Nordic Ware® Chiffon Bundt® Pan, with its graceful draped design, this cake has an elegant and inviting appeal. Pair it with mug of hot cider or coffee for an indulgent, warming dessert.

Apple Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake

This rich, moist cake brings in the classic spices of the fall season while spotlighting the apple at its core.

Servings (10 cup) Bundt cake

Ingredients

Batter

1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, softened1 cup (220 grams) granulated sugar1/3 cup (73 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar3 large eggs (150 grams), room temperature1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla extract2 large firm sweet apples (578 grams) (see Note), peeled and cored3 cups (375 grams) all-purpose flour2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking powder2 teaspoons (4 grams) ground cinnamon3/4 teaspoon (2.25 grams) kosher salt1/2 teaspoons (1 gram) ground ginger1/4 teaspoon (1.25 grams) baking soda1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Swirl

4 ounces (113 grams) cream cheese, softened1/4 cup (30 grams) confectioners’ sugar1 tablespoon (8 grams) all-purpose flour1 large egg yolk (19 grams), room temperature

Glaze

1 cup (120 grams) confectioners’ sugar3 tablespoons (45 grams) heavy whipping cream1 tablespoon (21 grams) light corn syrup

Garnish

Toasted pecans

Instructions

For swirl: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese with a mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add confectioners’ sugar, flour, and egg yolk; beat until smooth, about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. 

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). 

For batter: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. 

Using the large holes of a box grater, shred apples. Coarsely chop shredded apples. Add apples to batter, and beat at low speed until combined.

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, baking soda, and nutmeg. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to apple mixture, beating just until combined. 

Spray a 10-cup Bundt pan with baking spray with flour. Spoon two-thirds of batter (about 4 cups or 965 grams) into prepared pan. Using a small rubber spatula or the back of a spoon, make a trench in batter in pan, avoiding edges of pan. Spoon swirl mixture into trench. Top with remaining batter. Using a knife, gently pull blade back and forth through batter and swirl. Smooth top of batter. Firmly tap pan on a kitchen towel-lined counter 7 to 10 times to settle batter and release any air bubbles.  

Bake until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean, 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto a wire rack, and let cool completely. 

For glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners’ sugar, cream, and corn syrup until smooth. Spoon glaze onto cooled cake. Garnish with pecans, if desired. Refrigerate cake in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Notes

Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, and even Granny Smith apples all work great in this cake. 

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Apple Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake