Cider 5 Spice Bundt Cake Recipes

APPLE CIDER DONUT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and generously grease a standard size bundt pan.
• Place the softened butter, Baker's Corner Brown Sugar and Simply Nature Organic Cane Sugar In a stand mixer fit with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Scrape down the bowl and add the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
• In a separate bowl combine the applesauce and apple cider, mixing to combine. Set aside.
• In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and Stonemill spices.
• Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the apple cider mixture to the butter mixture in 3 additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. The batter will be thick. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it in an even layer. Bake at 350°F for 50 to 60 minutes or until it springs back to the touch and a knife inserted into the middle comes out mostly clean.
• Allow the bundt cake to cool for 20 minutes before turning it out of the pan onto a wire rack.
• While the cake cools, mix together the cane sugar, cinnamon and salt. Brush the cooled cake with the melted butter and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar to coat the outside. Enjoy warm!

SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Butter and flour a 10 to 12 cup bundt pan (or spray with a baking spray that includes flour), and refrigerate while preparing the cake.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, & nutmeg together in a bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar, & brown sugar together on high speed until light and fluffy, about three minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the eggs, one at a time, scraping between additions. In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together oil, vanilla, & buttermilk (or substitution). In the bowl with the butter and sugars, alternate additions of the flour and buttermilk mixtures at low speed, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until combined and do not overwork the batter. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all ingredients are well incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan, smooth out the top, and firmly pound the pan against the countertop several times to tap out any air bubbles. Bake in the center of the oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean from the center of the cake.
• Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool for about 20 to 30 minutes before turning the cake out onto the rack to cool completely. Once cool, drizzle with cream cheese glaze (recipe below) if desired. Cake should keep, in an air tight container at room temperature, for about 3 or 4 days.

CIDER & 5-SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Equipment: 1 x 10-cup (2.5 litre capacity) bundt tin/pan or 1 x 20cm/8-inch square cake tin approximately 5.5cm/2 ¼-inches deep.
• Open the cider so that it loses its fizz. Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3/325ºF, and grease your bundt tin with non-stick cooking spray, or simply oil it, and leave the tin upside down on a piece of newspaper or baking parchment while you get on with the batter.
• Measure the oil, brown sugar and (whether you're weighing it or going for volume and using a cup measure, always lightly oil the receptacle for the treacle first and it will slide out easily) black treacle into a bowl.
• Pour in the cider and crack in the eggs, add the ginger and beat till smooth. While I use a freestanding mixerto make this cake, it's simple enough by hand: in which case, beat the eggs together first before adding to the other ingredients.
• In another bowl measure out the flour, baking powder, bicarb, nutmeg, 5-spice and cinnamon, and fork through to combine.
• Gently tip the dry ingredients into the wet treacly mixture, beating as you go to make a smooth batter. Scrape the sides and the bottom of the bowl well to make sure there aren't any pockets of flour.
• Pour the dark and aromatic batter into the prepared tin: it will be very runny, but don't be alarmed. Place in the oven to bake for 45-50 minutes, but start checking after 40. When the cake's ready, it will start to come away from the sides of the tin and a cake tester should come out clean; that's to say, not wet, but with some crumbs adhering to it. Transfer the bundt to a wire rack for about 30 minutes, then use your fingers to help prise the cake away from the edges of the tin, most particularly around the funnel, and turn out. Leave to cool completely before wrapping, first in parchment and then foil, as it tastes best if eaten the next day. I don't always manage this.
• STORE NOTE: The cake can be kept loosely wrapped in its parchment and foil, in an airtight container at cool room temperature for up to 1 week.
• FREEZE NOTE: The fully cooled cake can be tightly wrapped in a double layer of clingfilm and a layer of foil and then frozen for up to 3 months. To defrost, unwrap and place on a wire rack and leave at room temperature for about 5 hours.