apple-cream cheese cake

Ingredients For apple-cream cheese cake

• CREAM CHEESE FILLING
• 1 (8 oz) pkg

  cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/4 c

  butter, softened
• 1/2 c

  sugar
• 1 lg

  egg
• 2 Tbsp

  all purpose flour
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• APPLE CAKE BATTER
• 1 c

  finely chopped toasted pecans
• 1 3/8 c

  all purpose flour
• 1 c

  sugar
• 1 c

  brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tsp

  ground cinnamon
• 1 Tbsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 tsp

  ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp

  allspice
• 3 lg

  eggs, lightly beaten
• 3/4 c

  canola oil
• 3/4 c

  unsweetened apple sauce
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 3 c

  granny smith apples, peeled,cored and chopped
• PRALINE FROSTING
• 1/2 c

  brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/4 c

  butter
• 3 Tbsp

  milk
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 1 c

  confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)