Apple Cider Bundt Cake
One of my favorite cakes to bake in the fall is my mom’s apple bundt cake. I had spotted this one however in an old magazine I was reading and opted to bake this one instead, only because it had a buttermilk glaze that coats the cake after it is baked.
Apple Cider Bundt Cake
Author: Mary Ellen
Recipe type: Dessert, bundt cake
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Serves: Serves 10
Tender apple cake with a buttermilk glaze.
Ingredients
- CAKE:
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cups oil
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup apple cider reduced to 1/4 cup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored — finely chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts (optional)
- SOAKING SYRUP:
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Reduce 1 cup of apple cider on the stove over medium heat to 1/4 cup. Cool.
- Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Lightly grease and flour a 10 inch tube or bundt pan.
- Place the sugar, oil, eggs, cider, vanilla, flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle; beat until just combined.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add, by hand, the apples and nuts. Mix until combined.
- Place in prepared pan, transfer to the oven, and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes.
- To make the soaking syrup, place the buttermilk, sugar, butter and baking soda in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes and prick the surface of the cake with a toothpick. Brush on the coating syrup and cool for 15 minutes. Invert and remove cake from pan. Brush remaining glaze on top and sides of the cake.
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