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Spiced Apple Cider Bourbon Bundt Cake
Prep time: 30 min | Cook time: 40min | Total time: 1hr 10min
If fall had a signature cake, this Spiced Apple Cider Bourbon Bundt Cake would be it. Infused with apple cider, warming spices, a splash of bourbon, and sweetened entirely with brown sugar, it’s everything we love about baking this time of year. The cake comes together in just two bowls, bakes in under an hour, and delivers a soft, tender crumb with rich apple cider flavor in every bite. Whether you’re serving it for brunch, dessert, or an afternoon coffee break, it’s an easy cake that’s guaranteed to disappear quickly.
Spiced Apple Cider Bourbon Bundt Cake
Prep time:
30 min
Cook time:
40min
Total time:
1hr 10min
If fall had a signature cake, this Spiced Apple Cider Bourbon Bundt Cake would be it. Infused with apple cider, warming spices, a splash of bourbon, and sweetened entirely with brown sugar, it’s everything we love about baking this time of year. The cake comes together in just two bowls, bakes in under an hour, and delivers a soft, tender crumb with rich apple cider flavor in every bite. Whether you’re serving it for brunch, dessert, or an afternoon coffee break, it’s an easy cake that’s guaranteed to disappear quickly.
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Traci & Caylie’s
Recipe Highlights
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This recipe was originally published in 2022.
Apple cider has become one of those ingredients we reach for every fall. Whether we’re serving a mug of warm spiced apple cider or baking with it, it just isn’t fall without it. So it was only a matter of time before it found its way into a bundt cake.
We wanted to make a cake with plenty of apple cider flavor that was just as easy to make as it was to serve. It took a few rounds of testing to get there. The first bake was disappointingly bland. The second had much better flavor, but was too oily. We went back to the drawing board, increased the apple cider and added bourbon to enhance the flavor, reduced the amount of oil, and switched entirely to brown sugar. The third bake was the charm. It resulted in exactly the cake we had imagined.
Traci & Caylie Crossland
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A Few Ingredients That Make A Big Difference
- Use room-temperature eggs so the batter mixes evenly and rises beautifully.
- Using fresh apple cider really enhances the flavor.
- Use a bourbon that you like the flavor of. It doesn’t have to be expensive. We prefer one with a vanilla and spice profile.
How To Make The Cake
This really is a 2 bowl cake. Whisk the dry ingredients together in one bowl and the wet ingredients in another.
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and whisk until the batter is smooth.
Pour the batter into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake for about 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Let it cool in the pan before turning out.
A Note On Pan Sizes ♡
For this recipe, we used a 10-cup party Bundt pan. It is called a party bundt because all the slices are even. You can use a traditional bundt pan, if you prefer.
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x, Caylie
Spiced Apple Cider Bourbon Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh apple cider
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup bourbon
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1¼ cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1½ teaspoons apple pie spice
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ⅔ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
- Spray a 10-cup bundt pan with baking spray, or grease and flour it. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together cider, eggs, oil, and bourbon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, apple pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until a cake tester (or toothpick) inserted in the center comes out clean and the cake is pulling away from the sides of the pan.
- Let it cool in the pan before turning out.
Notes + Tips!
- You can use ground cinnamon instead of apple pie spice in this recipe!
- Check the expiration date on your baking powder and baking soda.
- Be sure to heavily grease your bundt pan!
- We used a party bundt to make this recipe. If you use another pan, you may have less slices.
- If using a 10-cup bundt, this cake will rise up over the edge of the pan and then fall slightly after cooling.
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Can this cake be made with cup for cup gluten free flour
Hi Harry! We’ve not personally tried this recipe out with cup for cup gluten free flour, but I don’t see why it shouldn’t work! If you decide to give it a try, be sure to let us know how it comes out 😊 x, Caylie
This is absolutely one of the best apple Bundt cake recipes — so moist, delicious. Guarantee you will have more than one piece!! Made one for friends — delish!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, Caylie and Traci