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Spiced Apple Bundt Cake
A delicious cake perfect for Fall, full of apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest. Ingredients
- Spiced Apple Bundt Cake
- 3 medium apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 2 sticks of butter
- 1 1/2 cups of sucanat (or regular white sugar)
- zest of an orange
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups of cake flour plus 2 tablespoons for tossing the apple slices
- 3/4 cup of milk and juice of 1/2 the orange
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
- For the Glaze
- 1 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar
- 1 tablespoon of orange juice
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350 F
- Grease a bundt cake mold.
- Measure out the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices into a bowl. Set aside.
- Measure out the milk and orange juice into a measuring jug. Set aside.
- Peel, core and thinly slice the apples. Toss in a tablespoon of flour. Set aside.
- Cream the butter, sugar and orange zest until it is really light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time and scrape down the mixing bowl after every addition.
- Add half the flour mixture and very gently combine.
- Add the liquid, mix gently and add the other half of the flour mixture.
- Stir in the apple slices.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and place in the oven.
- Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until risen and golden and a cake tester comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool thoroughly on a cake rack.
- To make the frosting combine the confectioner's sugar, orange juice and maple syrup and beat to combine. You should have a runny consistency.
- Pour over the cooled bundt cake.
- Leave to cool for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a cake rack to cool completely.
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