Apple Cake, Harvest Recipe - (3.9/5)

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt, preferably fine sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, plus 1 large egg yolk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups peeled cored, and diced "cooking" apples (3 to 4 medium apples). May use Cortland, Jonathan, McIntosh, or Fuji or a combination of all
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon