Best 12 Apple Cider Cake Recipes

GLAZED APPLE CIDER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
• Combine cake mix, 1 cup apple cider, eggs, butter, and vanilla pudding mix in a large bowl; mix until smooth. Pour batter into the tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Stir confectioners' sugar and 3/4 cup apple cider together in a small bowl to make the glaze.
• Pour glaze over the cake and let soak into the cake and down the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes. Invert onto a plate and cool completely, about 30 minutes.

APPLE-CIDER DOUGHNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan. In a large bowl, whisk together both flours, baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups sugar, cider, oil, applesauce, vanilla, and eggs. Add egg mixture to flour mixture; whisk until combined. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet; let cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Invert warm cake onto rack. Brush with melted butter, then sprinkle liberally with cinnamon sugar. Let cool completely before serving. Cake can be stored, covered, at room temperature up to 2 days.

APPLE CIDER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir together all dry ingredients; set aside. Combine cider and vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with cider mixture to batter. Mix until well blended. Spoon into a greased 10-in. angel food cake pan or fluted tube pan. , Bake at 325° for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. While cake is warm, drizzle half of icing over cake. Serve remaining icing over individual cake servings if desired.

APPLE-WALNUT CAKE WITH CIDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees; coat a 10-inch tube pan with removable tube insert with nonstick spray.
• Whisk sugar, oil, apple cider, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until blended.
• Stir in flour until blended.
• Stir in apples and walnuts.
• Scrape mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 10 to 20 minutes.
• Let cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
• Remove sides of pan.
• Cool completely before lifting cake off bottom of pan.
• For cider sauce,.
• Whisk cider, brown sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan until blended.
• Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, whisking occasionally.
• Boil 1 minute or until slightly thickened.
• Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla; stir until butter melts.
• Let cool to room temperature or refrigerate until serving.

APPLE CIDER CAKE WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large mixing bowl with a handheld mixer, beat together the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon until smooth and creamy, 4 to 5 minutes.

APPLE CIDER HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare the apple cider butter: Combine apples, light brown sugar and butter or oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until mixture comes to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is reduced and appears soft and golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Let mixture cool slightly, then transfer to a large measuring cup and add enough apple cider to make 3 cups/710 milliliters. Transfer mixture to a food processor or blender and purée until smooth. (This can be made up to 1 day ahead.)
• Prepare the cake: Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 325 degrees. Generously grease a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
• In another large bowl, whisk together eggs, prepared apple cider butter, honey, melted butter or oil and whiskey. Whisk in the dry ingredients until smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until firm to the touch and a cake tester comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes, then carefully unmold cake and let cool completely on a wire rack. Before serving, transfer cake to a platter and dust with confectioners' sugar.

POUND CAKE WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM AND APPLE CIDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Boil apple cider in large skillet until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 18 minutes. Add cream; boil until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Whisk in butter and both extracts. Cool slightly, then chill until cold, at least 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.)
• Place 1 slice of cake on each plate. Top each with ice cream, sauce and nuts.

APPLE CIDER HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Creaming method. Spray and line with parchment paper, 2 - 8" pans. One, 1/3 (1# 1.2oz) full, the other 2/3rds (2# 2.4oz) full. Bake in 350 degree (F) oven until toothpick comes out clean, around 45 minutes for the 2/3 full pan. Cool the cake layers and cut one into two equal layers. Wrap in plastic wrap separately and place in frige until ready to assemble. For the filling: peel, core and slice the apples (whatever thickness you desire). Place them in a bowl of cold water until ready to use. Combine dry ingredients. Strain the apples and place them in a saute pan with the tablespoon of butter. Sprinkle the dry ingredients over and saute until the apples are tender. You may add a little water if the filling begins to dry out before the apples are tender. For the glaze: place ingredients in a large sauce pot, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 2-3 minutes. Swirl the pan to combine ingredients if necesary. Let sit to thicken for approximately 30 minutes. To assemble: place one cake layer on a cake stand or plate, cover with 1/2 of the filling, place another cake round centered on top and repeat with remaining cake filling. After placing the last cake round centered on top, pour over warm (slightly cooled and thickend) caramel apple cider glaze. Enjoy.

APPLE CIDER CAKE DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven 400 deg.
• Coat molds with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, blend together first 5 ingredients.
• In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients and add dry ingredients. Stir until just blended.
• Put 1/4 Cup dough into each of the four molds.
• Bake 12 minutes.
• Cool slightly and remove.
• Clean and spray molds again and use the other half of the dough.
• Bake 12 minutes.
• Cool slightly and enjoy with coffee.

APPLE CIDER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°; spray 10-inch tube pan with baking spray with flour.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt.
• Add eggs, butter, apple cider, shortening, and vanilla to flour mixture.
• Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat for 1 minute, until blended.
• Scrape sides and bottom of bowl with a spatula; beat on high for 2 minutes.
• Gently stir in dried apples.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake for 80-90 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert cake onto rack to cool completely.
• When cake is cooled, make icing-in a small bowl, whisk together the icing ingredients until blended and smooth; use immediately.
• Drizzle icing over top of cooled cake.

APPLE CIDER POUND CAKE WITH WARM GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 2. Stir together all dry ingredients; set aside.
• 3. Combine cider and vanilla.
• 4. Add dry ingredients alternately with cider mixture to batter. Mix until well blended.
• 5. Fold in nuts. Spoon into a greased 10-in bundt pan
• 6. Bake at 325° for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 7. Glaze: Combine icing ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Pour warm glaze over cake slices

APPLE CIDER BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a bundt pan with a 'flour-added" baking spray.
• 2. Toss the peeled, diced apple with the 2 TBS sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon and set aside.
• 3. Blend the cake mix, cider, oil, eggs and vanilla in a mixing bowl for 30 seconds to blend. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat for 3 minutes, scraping down bowl several times.
• 4. Pour half the batter into the prepared bundt pan. sprinkle the sugared apples over the batter. Pour over the remaining batter, gently turning the pan to evenly distribute the layer over the apples, Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• 5. Remove the cake from the oven and cool on a rack for 20 minutes. Meanwhile melt the butter. Blend together the sugar and cinnamon. Invert the cake onto a serving plate. Bush the melted butter all over the warm cake. Sprinkle the top and sides of the cake with the cinnamon sugar. Cool completely before serving.