Created by Shanni on October 15, 2012
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 14-cup bundt pan. For cream cheese filling: Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
Step 2: Cake batter: Stir together 3 cups flour and next 7 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 3 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and pecans.
Step 3: Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into bundt pan then spoon cream cheese filling over apple mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl filling through apple mixture using a paring knife. Spoon remaining apple mixture over cream cheese filling.
Step 4: Bake 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely or serve warm cake slices with a prepared caramel glaze.