Apple cider cake makes for a delicious, cozy treat during the fall and winter months. This moist, warmly-spiced recipe is easy to prepare and is quite the crowd-pleaser for guests. Plus, the fact that it contains fruit makes it fully acceptable for breakfast or snack, right? Whip up a glaze or cream cheese frosting to top this magnificent dessert, and enjoy!
Apple Cider Cake Recipe Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Things You’ll Need
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4 large eggs
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1 cup cane sugar
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3/4 cup pure maple syrup
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1/3 cup canola oil
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1/4 cup unfiltered apple cider
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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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2 tsp baking powder
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1 tsp baking soda
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2 tsp ground cinnamon
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1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
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1/2 tsp ground cloves
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1/2 tsp sea salt
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1 large apple, peeled and chopped (about 2 cups)
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Powder sugar glaze or cream cheese frosting for frosting the cake
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 300° F. Lightly spray a bundt cake pan with cooking oil, then sprinkle it with flour. You can also use a 13" x 9" cake pan if you don't own a bundt cake pan.
Oil and flour a bundt pan Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 2
Add the eggs, sugar, pure maple syrup, canola oil and apple cider to a stand mixer or a mixing bowl. Mix on medium speed until combined.
Mix the wet ingredients with the sugar Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 3
In a separate bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and sea salt. Stir together well until combined.
Stir together the dry ingredients Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Add the chopped apple to the bowl of dry ingredients and stir well.
Add chopped apple to flour mixture Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 4
Add the flour/apple mixture to the mixing bowl with the wet egg mixture.
Pour flour mixture into mixing bowl with wet mixture Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Beat on medium speed until combined.
Beat until combined Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 5
Pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt cake pan.
Pour cake batter into bundt cake pan Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 6
Place cake pan on the center rack of the preheated oven and bake for 1 hour, or until cake tests clean when poked with a toothpick.
Bake the cake for 1 hour at 300 degrees F Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 7
Allow the cake to cool for at least 30 minutes. Run a butter knife between the cake pan and the cake to help loosen it. Turn cake out onto a plate, cake stand or a cutting board.
Allow cake to cool Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 8
Once the cake is completely cool, frost it with your favorite frosting. A powdered sugar glaze or cream cheese frosting works great.
Drizzle cake with frosting Image Credit: Julia Mueller
Step 9
Cut the cake into generous slices and serve!
Cut and serve Image Credit: Julia Mueller 
Cut generous slices Image Credit: Julia Mueller
