Description
This Apple Cider Donut Cake offers the full flavor of apple cider donuts in an easy-to-make snack cake. It’s a perfect fall dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1–½ cups fresh apple cider
- 4 tablespoons (66 grams) cold unsalted butter, diced
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup (70 grams) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 grams) lightly packed brown sugar
- ⅓ cup (70 grams) light olive oil (or other neutral oil)
- ¼ cup (66 grams) sour cream (or greek yogurt)
- 1–½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1–½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Pinch allspice
- ¼ teaspoon coarse kosher salt (if using fine sea salt use half by volume)
- 1–¾ cups (210 grams) cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon butter, at cool room temperature (for topping)
- ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar (for topping)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter (or spray with oil) a 9” square baking dish and line it with a piece of parchment paper long enough to hang over the sides to create a sling.
- In a large saute pan, boil the apple cider until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Measure to ensure it is ¾ cup. Add the butter to the hot cider, and whisk to combine.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, sour cream, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt.
- Slowly whisk the boiled cider into the wet mixture.
- Stir in the flour to combine to make the apple cider donut cake batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven until the apple cider donut cake is puffed, golden and baked through the middle, about 22-25 minutes.
- Place the cake on a cooling rack for 5 minutes.
- Place the butter on top of the apple cider donut cake, and brush it around as it melts.
- In a small bowl, mix together ¼ cup of granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture liberally over the buttered surface of the cake.
- Remove the apple cider donut cake from the pan, and let it cool on the rack.
- Allow the cake to cool slightly before cutting it into squares.
Notes
- This apple cider donut cake recipe is a simpler alternative to making individual apple cider donuts.
- Ensure the apple cider is reduced properly for concentrated flavor in your apple cider donut cake.
- The cinnamon sugar topping is essential for the classic apple cider donut cake taste.
- Prep Time: 00:12
- Cook Time: 00:22
- Category: Sweets
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: Not provided
- Sugar: Not provided
- Sodium: Not provided
- Fat: Not provided
- Saturated Fat: Not provided
- Unsaturated Fat: Not provided
- Trans Fat: Not provided
- Carbohydrates: Not provided
- Fiber: Not provided
- Protein: Not provided
- Cholesterol: Not provided
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