Apple Cider Bundt Cake

My Apple Cider Bundt Cake is a moist apple cake that your whole family will love! If you love apple cider donuts, you’re definitely going to love this delicious bundt cake.

You may have heard this cake referred to as an apple cider doughnut cake because it closely resembles those amazingly delicious apple cider doughnuts.

My easy apple cider bundt cake is going to become one of your favorite apple cakes and one you’ll make time and time again for family functions, potlucks, or just to treat your family.

The delicious apple flavor will have you going back for seconds. It’s really that good!

If you love apple cakes, make sure to check out my Jewish Apple Cake and Apple Cake recipes.

Ingredients to make Apple Cider Bundt Cake

Let’s start by gathering the ingredients needed to make my easy Apple Cider Bundt Cake recipe. In Chef Speak, this is called the “Mise en Place,” which translates to “Everything in its Place.”

Not only does setting up your ingredients ahead of time speed up the cooking process, it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.

You don’t have to rush off to the nearest apple orchard to pick up apple cider; if your grocery store doesn’t stock apple cider, you can use apple juice to make this delicious cake.

How to make Apple Cider Bundt Cake

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. and spray a bundt pan with non-stick spray and then dust with flour. Set aside until needed.

• Add ¼ cup of granulated sugar and two teaspoons of cinnamon to a small bowl.
• Mix to combine and set aside until needed.
• Add the all-purpose flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, table salt, and baking powder to a medium bowl.
• Whisk to combine the dry ingredients and set aside until needed.

• Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vegetable oil to the bowl of your stand mixer(or large bowl with a hand mixer).
• Mix on medium speed to combine the ingredients.
• Add the eggs to the sugar mixture.
• Mix on medium speed for about two minutes.
• Add the apple sauce and vanilla to the bowl.
• Mix to combine the wet ingredients.

*You can use unsweetened or sweetened apple sauce to make this recipe. You can even make your own homemade applesauce to use in this recipe.

• With the mixer on low speed, add ⅓ of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients.
• Mix just enough to combine.
• Add half of the apple cider.
• Mix just enough to combine.
  *Continue alternating the flour mixture and the apple cider, finishing with the flour mixture. Mix until no streaks of flour remain. The batter will be slightly thin, not thick.
• Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
• Place the pan on the center rack of the preheated oven and bake for 50 minutes.
  *The cake is done when a toothpick (or cake tester) inserted in the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs on it.

Let the cake cool for an hour in the bundt pan before turning it over onto a cake plate or cooling wire rack.

• Use a pastry brush to coat the cake with melted butter.
• Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar generously onto the sides and top of the cake.
  *Chef Tip: Fill your hand with the mixture and pat it on the sides of the cake.

This apple cider bundt cake is not only delicious, it’s gorgeous. We eat with our eyes and your friends and family will be devouring this cake with their eyes before the first bite.

Serve my apple cider bundt cake with homemade whipped cream and fresh berries or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I love having it for breakfast with a cup of coffee.

Store any leftover cake refrigerated in an airtight container for 4-5 days. The cake can also be frozen. Wait to add the melted butter and cinnamon sugar until after it has been thawed, and make sure to double-wrap it in plastic wrap before freezing.

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