Chunky Apple Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 granny smith apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• chopped pecans, toasted (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cake: stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until blended.
• 2 combine flour and next 3 ingredients.
• 3 add to butter mixture, stirring until blended.
• 4 stir in apple slices and 1 cup pecans.
• 5 spread into a greased 13 x 9-inch pan.
• 6 bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• 8 spread with cream cheese frosting; sprinkle with pecans, if desired.
• 9 cream cheese frosting; beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 10 gradually add confectioner's sugar, beating at low speed until light and fluffy.
• 11 stir in vanilla extract.