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Jennifer Lewis

Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cider Donut Cake

All the nostalgic flavors of hot apple cider donuts baked into a show-stopping bundt cake! Packed with concentrated reduced apple cider, warm autumn spices, and brushed generously with melted butter before rolling in sparkling cinnamon sugar.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 395

Ingredients
  

pure unfiltered apple cider, reduced to 1/2 cup
unbleached all-purpose flour
ground Ceylon cinnamon
freshly grated nutmeg
ground allspice
baking powder
baking soda
fine sea salt
unsalted butter, softened
granulated sugar
light brown sugar, packed
eggs, room temperature
pure vanilla extract
full-fat buttermilk or sour cream
unsalted butter, melted (for coating)
granulated sugar (for coating)
ground cinnamon (for coating)

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 395kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 5gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 240mgPotassium: 145mgFiber: 2gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 540IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 1.8mg

Notes

PRO BAKER TIP: Reducing the apple cider is the secret to bakery-quality flavor! Standard cider adds too much liquid before you can taste the apple. Simmering it down concentrates the natural sugars and tangy apple malic acid into an intense autumn flavor bomb.

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