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Orange & Apple Cider Bundt Cake

Super moist, fall spiced, cider orange cake! 
Course Dessert
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour

Equipment

  • 10 cup bundt pan
  • stand or hand mixer to beat the cake batter

Ingredients

Orange Apple Cider Cake

  • 1 ½ cups fresh apple cider to make ¼ cup boiled cider, for the cake and 1 tablespoon for the glaze
  • Zest of 2 oranges
  • 200g or 1 cups fine granulated sugar
  • 100g or ½ cup brown sugar, light or dark
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200g or 1 cup olive oil
  • 390g or 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp soda
  • 120g or ½ cup orange juice
  • 120g or ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin spice
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Apple Cider Glaze

  • 190g or 1 ½ cups organic powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoons reduced cider
  • 2 tablespoons whole milk
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • pinch fine sea salt
  • whole nutmeg & an orange to zest over the cake, for the topping

Instructions

  • To make the reduced cider: Cook the fresh apple cider on high until it has reduced to just over ¼ cup – you’ll notice it becomes thick and has the consistency of syrup when it’s done. Set aside to let cool. For the cake you will use ¼ cup (60g) and the rest (about 1 TB) will go into the glaze.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Prepare a large bundt pan (one that holds 10 cups of batter) with baking spray.
    A cream-colored bundt cake pan with a swirled pattern sits on a white surface next to a crumpled light pink cloth, perfect for baking an orange apple cider cake.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer zest the oranges over the sugar then rub between your fingers to release the orange oils. Then, add the eggs and affix the paddle attachment then beat on high until the mix is light and fluffy – about 5 minutes.
    A glass mixing bowl with a fluffy yellow mixture for orange apple cider cake sits on a light-colored cloth on a white surface.
  • With the mixer on medium speed, very slowly drizzle in the olive oil to create an emulsion. Once all of it is in, beat another minute.
    A glass mixing bowl filled with light yellow, frothy orange apple cider cake batter sits on a white surface next to a beige cloth and cracked eggshells.
  • Add the flour, cinnamon & spices, baking powder and soda to a bowl and whisk to combine.
  • With the mixer on low, add the dry mixture then slowly pour in the cider, then the orange juice then the buttermilk.
  • Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Bake for 45-60 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
    A bundt pan filled with orange apple cider cake batter sits on a white surface next to a crumpled pale pink cloth.
  • To make the glaze: sift the powdered sugar into a bowl and whisk it with the boiled cider, vanilla and salt and just enough milk to make it pourable. Pour over the cake once the cake has cooled. Over the cake zest an orange and grate a whole nutmeg.
  • Best served the day of baking, store extra cake in an airtight container.

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