Description

It's apple time and time to make a special dessert. Make it for birthdays, holidays or just because you want a delicious cake.

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 4 medium (1 1/2 lb.) Honeycrisp apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. canola oil
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 t. vanilla extract
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 T. pumpkin pie spice
• 2 t. baking powder
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 1 1/2 c. chopped walnuts, toasted
• Frosting:
• 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 1 c. powdered sugar
• 1 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 t. vanilla extract
• 1 t. pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/2 c. chopped walnuts, toasted

Steps

1. Cake:
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottoms of 2 greased 9 inch round baking pans with parchment paper; grease the parchment paper.
3. Place apples in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped.