apple pound cake

Cream cheese pound cake made extra moist and sweet with chunks of apples.

One of the hardest parts for me when traveling a lot for work is being away from the kitchen, especially when it comes to baking. I love trying out new local spots for the places I visit and I love sampling sweet treats. But nothing really compares to making something special at home.

After being gone for what seems like forever, I needed to get into the kitchen. After the cookies from yesterday it seems a bit much to make pound cake too.  This recipe even made two loaves.  Overkill yes.

This pound cake has butter and sugar - everything a proper pound cake should include -  plus chunks of apples to give it a Fall spin. Seriously delicious.  One night we even grilled up some slices in butter and topped it with vanilla ice cream. It wasn't chocolate but even I couldn't deny it was good.

Apple Pound Cake

by Emily Morris

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 75 minutes

Keywords: bake dessert apple fall

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Ingredients (2 loaves)

• 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 8oz cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup apples, diced and peeled
• 2 tsp kosher salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degree oven.

In a stand mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth.

Add sugar, beating until fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Turn mixer off and add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

Turn mixer to low and add in flour and salt.

Remove bowl from stand and fold in the diced apples.

Pour batter into two bread loaf pans that have been greased generously. In preheated oven for 75 minutes. The bread should be golden and set but not too browned.

Remove from oven and cool in pans for about 10 minutes before removing. Finish cooling on rack.

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