Love at First Bite: Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Seeing that I will have a lot of time on my hands this fall, I decided that I wanted to try out a few recipes that I've had my eye on. Last week I tried baking an apple-cream cheese bundt cake. Well, I didn't really have my eye on this one because it was the first time I heard of a cake like that. My parents received a humongous slice from one of their clients and brought it home for us to sample. At first sight, it didn't look like a cake that I would eat. It was topped with a caramel glaze and pecans. Sounds yummy, but I wouldn't have come running to it. After tasting, it was love at first bite. :) It was very moist and reminded me of Thanksgiving. There were a lot of warm spicy flavors and the cream cheese filling complimented it perfectly. I got hold of the recipe and found out that it came from Southern Living magazine. It was part of their collection called "10 Tempting Apple Desserts." A few days later, I was all over that recipe. Total preparation time took me about 45 minutes. It's easier for me to put everything together if I have all of my ingredients spread out in front of me. That way I eliminate time running back and forth to the refrigerator or pantry. Baking time took exactly one hour and fifteen minutes as it said on the recipe, but to my displeasure, cooling time was two hours. That meant I had to wait two hours to add the glaze and that I had to wait to eat it. :( So I decided to just let it cool properly overnight. In the morning, as far as I could tell, the cake looked perfect and I proceeded with making the glaze. I didn't have a bundt pan so I improvised with a rectangular baking dish. That was a bad idea because when I poured the glaze over the cake (while it was still in the baking dish) it pooled in the corners of the dish and I had to spoon it over the surface to get one even layer. My glaze needed a little more time on the stove to melt because it gave the cake a candy like crunch that wasn't supposed to be there. All in all, everyone said they loved it. Probably because it was made by yours truly...just kidding. :) I hope they were being honest because I loved it and I plan on making it again! If you decide to try it out or any other recipe in the apple collection, let me know how it turns out! Peace! :D

For this recipe and others click here: http://www.southernliving.com/food/entertaining/tempting-apple-dessert-recipes