Cinnamon-Apple Cake AKA Hanukkah Cake

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2eggs
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 2 large baking apples, peeled and chopped

    • Directions

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch springform pan with cooking spray.

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  • Step 2

    Beat 1 1/2 cup of sugar with the butter, vanilla extract, and cream cheese in a bowl until soft and creamy; beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.

  • Step 3

    In a separate small bowl, stir together the cinnamon with 1/4 cup of sugar. Stir 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon-sugar mixture into the flour mixture; reserve the rest of the cinnamon sugar.

  • Step 4

    Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture to make a smooth batter, and mix in the apples. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the top of the batter with the reserved cinnamon-sugar mixture.

  • Step 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until the cake pulls away slightly from the edges of the pan, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool cake completely on a wire rack before removing the pan and slicing the cake.

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