Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup apple sauce 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup brown sugar light packed
• 1 cup brown sugar light packed
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 0.3 cup butter softened
• 0.8 cup canola oil 
• 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 1 large eggs 
• 3 large eggs lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 1.5 lb gala apple peeled finely chopped
• 0.5 cup granulated sugar 
• 1 cup granulated sugar 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 3 tablespoons milk 
• 1 cup pecans finely chopped
• 1 cup powdered sugar 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• knife
• whisk
• wire rack
• hand mixer
• kugelhopf pan

Directions

1. Prepare Filling: Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth.
2. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
3. Prepare Batter: Preheat oven to 35
4. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Stir together 3 cups flour and next 7 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 3 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and pecans.
5. Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan. Spoon Cream Cheese Filling over apple mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl filling through apple mixture using a paring knife. Spoon remaining apple mixture over Cream Cheese Filling.
6. Bake at 350 for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
7. Prepare Frosting: Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 Tbsp. milk to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute, whisking constantly.
8. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly.
9. Pour immediately over cooled cake.