Chunky Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Categories: Cake- tortes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• Chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)

Directions

1. Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until blended.
2. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture, stirring until blended. Stir in apple slices and 1 cup walnuts. Spread into a greased 13 × 9-inch pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Spread with Cream Cheese Frosting; sprinkle with walnuts, if desired.

4. Cream Cheese Frosting:

5. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and salt, beating until blended. Stir in vanilla.

6. makes 1 2/3 cups

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