Need a great fall dessert without the fuss? Try this recipe for Apple Cider Bundt Cake! This simple cake mix based recipe is destined to be your favorite fall recipe. Fall flavors for this cake include apple cider, applesauce, ground cinnamon and a yellow cake mix. Everyone will love this cake. It is super moist and tender full of the cinnamon fall flavor. You might want to make two as this cake will be eaten fast!
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How to Make Apple Cider Bundt Cake
Prepare your bundt pan for baking. Grease with butter or cooking spray then dust with flour. shake off excess flour, set aside. Make sure every crevice of your pan is coated with butter & flour so the cake will release easily from your pan.
Now for the cake: Make this one bowl cake using a yellow cake mix and a package of vanilla instant pudding & pie mix. The mix is dry when added to the mix and makes a very moist cake. I wouldn’t skip the pudding mix, it really does add dimension to your bundt cake.
Next add apple cider, apple sauce, eggs and vegetable oil to the dry mix and whisk together until smooth. I use my paddle attachment on my stand mixer but you can also use a hand mixer with beaters. Adding the applesauce will make your cake super moist and delicious.
Next add ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamon. Cardamon will give the flavor a robust fall taste when combined with cinnamon and nutmeg. If you don’t have all those spices use pumpkin pie spice instead.
Pour your batter into the 12″ bundt cake pan filling 3/4 full. Place the pan on a baking sheet for stability during baking, bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes before inverting. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack. Let cool to touch. Brush cake with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Or if you would like to skip the cinnamon sugar, brush with apple cider reduction. It is very good.
Hope you enjoy this delicious Apple Cider Bundt Cake!
Rich moist apple cider cake slices perfectly. Serve with fresh cinnamon whipped cream.
Fall Favorite Apple Cider Bundt Cake
Apple Cider and applesauce makes a moist cake. Melted butter, sugar and cinnamon coats the cake as a garnish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 60 minutes
- Yield: 8-12 servings depend on slices 1x
- Category: Dessert- Fall
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
1–15.25 ounce package yellow cake mix
1–3 ounce package instant vanilla pudding & pie mix
1 cup apple cider
1/3 cup apple sauce
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
4 tablespoons butter, melted
4 tablespoons apple cider
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon* depending on how much cinnamon you prefer
Whipped Cream Recipe
1 cup heavy whipping cream, chilled
1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Spray bundt cake with Bakers Cooking Spray or cooking spray and dust with flour.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, cider, sauce, eggs, oil, and spices.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
- Spoon batter evenly into bundt pan.
- Bake cake for 25-35 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool to touch.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon together in small bowl. Melt butter if not melted already and add apple cider. Stir to blend. Brush butter-cider mixture over entire cake, using all of the mixture.
- Sprinkle with mixed ground cinnamon sugar as a garnish for cake. * If you want a lighter cake coating use less cinnamon.
Whipped cream: In chilled mixing bowl, whip heavy cream on medium high with wire whisk for 2 minutes, add confectioners sugar, and ground cinnamon, whip cream on high until stiff peaks form.
To serve: Slice in wedges, serve with fresh cinnamon whipped cream.
Notes
Just make sure your cake is cooled after baking before adding the melted butter. The butter will help the sugar cinnamon stick to the cake. If butter is hot, it will melt the sugar in the cinnamon sugar mix.
Enjoy this great cake for fall! If you really want a great treat with this cake, make a pot of coffee and add Chobani Coffee Creamer- Pumpkin Spice Flavor. It is a limited flavor but it is delicious together.
Let me know if you make this cake. You might want to bake 2 cakes..it will go fast. xo Liz
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This is absolutely delicious and perfect for a fall dessert!!