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Apple Cider Donut Bundt Cake

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Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 1 Bundt Cake Pan
  • 1 Mixer
  • 1 Measuring Cups
  • 1 Measuring Spoons
  • 2 Mixing Bowls

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs room temperature
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce room temperature
  • 1 cup apple cider room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325. Spray bundt pan with nonstick spray and then dust pan with flour and set aside.
  • In a medium size mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking powder. Whisk together and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine granulated sugar, brown sugar and vegetable oil. Mix on medium speed for about a minute or until well combined.
  • Add eggs to the sugar mixture, and beat on medium for 2 minutes.
  • Add the applesauce and vanilla extract and min to combine.
  • Add about 1/3 of flour mixture while mixing on low, then add about 1/3 of the apple cider. Continue this rotation while mixing until all flour and cider have been added. Mix until all flour is combined.
  • Pour batter into prepared bundt pan and bake for 50 min.
  • Cake is done when toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out mostly clean, with a few crumbs on it.
  • Let cake cool completely in bundt pan (1 hour)
  • Turn cake out onto a plate.
  • Combine cinnamon and sugar for topping.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on cake that is cool to the touch to desired thickness of topping.

Notes

  • I use a silicone bundt pan, and my cake usually takes much longer than this to bake.  Since ovens and pans vary, I recommend beginning to check your cake for doneness around 50 min and adjusting as needed.  Many cakes will need additional time.  
  • This recipe creates a thin batter.
  • Optional for your cinnamon sugar topping, melt about a 1/4 cup of butter and use a pastry brush to brush onto cake before adding topping.  Depending on your bundt pan design, this may help your topping to stick better.
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Keyword Apple Cider Cake, Apple Cider DOnut Cake, Apple Spice Cake