Cinnamon Apple Cake (Hanukkah Cake)

A moist cake made with cream cheese and studded with chunks of fresh apple and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar will be perfect for your Hanukkah celebration.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 480 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

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

Step 3

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

Step 4

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

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until 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 cake.