Description
This apple cider donut cake recipe brings the warm, comforting flavors of fall right into your kitchen. It’s a bundt cake that captures the essence of apple cider donuts with a tender crumb and rich apple cider reduction.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups apple cider
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Reduce the apple cider: Pour 2 cups of apple cider into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until the cider has reduced to ½ cup. This will take about 15-20 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.
- Preheat oven and prepare pan: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 10-12 cup bundt pan.
- Combine dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
- Cream butter and sugars: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla: Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- Alternate wet and dry ingredients: Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the cooled apple cider reduction and buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined; do not overmix.
- Pour into pan and bake: Pour the batter evenly into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool and serve: Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes before inverting it onto the rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Ensure the apple cider reduction is completely cool before adding it to the batter to prevent the butter from melting.
- Do not overmix the batter; mix until just combined for a tender cake.
- For an extra touch, dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar or a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American