Name: Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 Box Betty Crocker GF Yellow Cake Mix; 2/3 cup water; 1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened); 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 3 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla; 1 cup apples (finely shredded); 1/4 cup pecans (finely chopped); 4 oz GF cream cheese (softened); 2 Tbsp butter or margarine; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 2 cups icing sugar; 1 - 3 tsp milk or milk alternative

Thanks to Debbie Paradisa Foster for sharing this recipe with us on the GFC Facebook page.

Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Debbie Paradisa Foster

Using a box cake makes whipping up this cake even easier!

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 55 mins

Servings

Ingredients

1 Box Betty Crocker GF Yellow Cake Mix
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup apples finely shredded
1/4 cup pecans finely chopped

Frosting:

4 oz GF cream cheese softened
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups icing sugar
1 - 3 tsp milk or milk alternative

Instructions

In a large bowl beat cake mix, water, butter, cinnamon, eggs and vanilla on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
Fold in apples and pecans, then spread batter in a greased 8" pan and bake at 350°F for 35 - 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
Using a mixer, add all frosting ingredients together and blend until smooth, then spread on cake.