Apple Spice Loaf Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

5 from 1 vote

Apple Spice Loaf Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

This apple spice loaf cake with brown butter cream cheese frosting is the perfect way to celebrate fall. It's super moist and loaded with soft spiced apples and brown butter cream cheese frosting.

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1 25

Total Time 1 55

Servings10 slices

AuthorSloane

Equipment

Kitchen Scale

Ingredients

For the Cake:

270 g all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
2 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
150 g neutral oil
90 g plain whole milk yogurt
190 g brown sugar
75 g granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
200 g granny smith apples, about 1 ½ apples; peeled and cut into small chunks

For the Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting:

42 g brown butter, start with 60g unsalted butter
3 oz cream cheese
227 g powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
1-2 tablespoon milk

Instructions

For the Cake:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper, creating a sling for easy removal.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the oil, yogurt, sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
Fold the apple chunks into the batter until evenly distributed.
Pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour 10 minutes - 1 hour 25 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Place aluminum foil on top of the cake half way through to prevent the top from over-browning.
Allow to cool completely before frosting.

For the Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting:

To brown the butter, in a small saucepan, heat 60g of unsalted butter over medium heat for several minutes, swirling to even out the color. The butter will be ready once the fat solids have separated and darkened, and the butter is an even medium amber color. Transfer to a bowl and place in the fridge to cool and solidify before using.
Beat the cream cheese and brown butter together. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time, adding as much or as little as you would like. Beat in the vanilla. Add a tablespoon of milk until the frosting reaches the right consistency.
Frost the loaf cake once it has cooled completely.

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