Cream Cheese Filled Apple Bundt Cake

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For filling:

8 oz soft cream cheese
1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 tbsps flour
1 tsp vanilla

Blend well and set aside.

Cake:
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsps cinnamon
pinch salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp allspice
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar

Mix together well

Add:
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup applesauce
3 large eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
3 cups peeled and chopped apples

Mix well and put about 2/3 of the mixture in a well-greased and floured bundt pan, pushing the cake batter up the sides, thus making a tunnel in batter. Spoon the cream cheese mixture into the tunnel. Top with the rest of the batter and carefully smooth the top.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a cooling rack and cook completely before frosting.

Frosting:

2 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3-4 tsp of milk

Drizzle glaze on cooled cake.

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