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. While this brown butter cream cheese frosting is amazing on its own, it's also the perfect complement to the warm fall spices and apples of this cake.

Author: Sloane’s Table

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

Servings: 10 slices

Calories: 351 kcal per serving

Ingredients

270 grams - all-purpose flour
¾ tsp - baking soda
2 ½ teaspoons - cinnamon
½ tsp - allspice
½ tsp - nutmeg
½ tsp - salt
150 grams - neutral oil
90 grams - plain whole milk yogurt
190 grams - brown sugar
75 grams - granulated sugar
2 - eggs
2 teaspoons - vanilla extract
200 grams - granny smith apples apples
42 grams - brown butter
3 ounces - cream cheese
227 grams - powdered sugar
½ tsp - vanilla
1 tbsp - milk

Instructions

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.
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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