Description
Inspired by a baked apple cider donut, this apple cider cake is super moist, coated in cinnamon sugar, and topped with an apple cider glaze. It’s basically a giant donut in bundt cake form!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups (395g) all purpose flour (see notes for GF version)
- 3/4 cup (150g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup (240g) apple cider
- 1/2 cup (125g) unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup (225g) vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsp apple cider
- 1/3 cup (70g) granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (100g) powdered sugar
- 3–4 tsp apple cider
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and coat the inside of a 10-cup bundt pan with nonstick spray and dust with a light layer of flour.
- **AD**
- In a large bowl, sift in the flour and then whisk together with the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the wet ingredients (apple cider, applesauce, oil, eggs, and vanilla).
- Pour the wet into the dry and use a whisk to gently combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepped bundt pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes then turn it out onto a cooling rack.
- Once it has cooled slightly (about 30 minutes), prep the coating.
- Mix together the melted butter and apple cider in a small cup or bowl. Do the same for the cinnamon and sugar in another bowl.
- Brush the butter and apple cider mixture over the entire cake with a pastry brush, using up every last drop.
- Quickly switch to the cinnamon sugar and press it into every inch of the cake.
- Drizzle on the apple cider glaze before serving. Mix the two ingredients together, adding one tsp of apple cider at a time until you reach the perfect consistency. It should be pourable but not too thin.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- To make this gluten free: Swap the 3 cups of all purpose flour with 3 cups of a cup for cup gluten free baking flour. The rest of the recipe remains the same, but bake the cake for an extra 5 minutes.
- To make this dairy free: Swap the butter for plant-based butter.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40-45 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 170mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg