Apple Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing
Yield: 1 9" cake
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup golden raisins
  • ½ cup water
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1¼ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into ¼inch chunks
  • 2 egg whites
for the Icing
  • 4 oz (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
  • 8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 6 tbl maple syrup
  • ½ cup sugar in the raw (aka demerara sugar)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350˚F, grease a 9” cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
  2. Bring the ½ cup of water to a boil, pour over raisins, and let sit.
  3. Sift flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon together.  In a separate bowl, whisk olive oil and sugar, then add the eggs and vanilla and whisk until emulsified (only about 30seconds).
  4. Drain any excess water from raisins and add to the egg/sugar mixture along with the apples (switch to a spatula here).
  5. Mix in the dry ingredients in two batches, mix just until everything is moistened – the batter will be every thick.
  6. Beat two egg whites to soft peak consistency (so when you remove the whisk and hold it upside down, the whites droop slightly).  Fold into the batter in two additions (this will seem strange but fold gently to maintain as much air as possible).
  7. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45-60 minutes, until golden brown and the center springs back to the touch.  Let cool completely.
  8. Make the icing:  in a mixer fitted with paddle attachment beat butter, cream cheese, sugar in the raw, and maple syrup on med-hi speed until fluffy (2-3 minutes).
  9. Slice cake in half horizontally with a serrated knife.  Place bottom half onto serving platter and spread half of the icing evenly over cake.  Place other half on top and spread the rest of the icing over the cake and down the sides.
Recipe by Eat Some Wear Some at https://eatsomewearsome.com/apple-cake-with-maple-cream-cheese-icing/