Apple Cider Baked Donut/Bundt Cake
Adapted from NYTimes Cooking recipe for baked donuts, this is a taste of autumn, and simple to make. Choose to make donuts, muffins or a bundt cake, and this is a dessert that can be enjoyed for a breakfast treat, afternoon tea or following a savory meal.
Ingredients
- 113 g all-purpose flour (just over 3/4 cup)
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp fleur de sel
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 70 g unsalted butter (room temperature), (about 5 Tbsp)
- 83 g brown sugar (1/3 cup)
- 25 g granulated sugar (1/8 cup)
- 1 egg large
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup apple cider (60 ml)
Topping
- 40 g unsalted butter (3-4 tablespoons)
- 100 g granulated sugar (1/4 cup)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
Donut/Bundt Cake Batter
- Preheat the oven to 350F/180C, fan/convection.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and spices (cinnamon and nutmeg). Set aside.
- In other mixing bowl with a hand-held mixer or in a stand mixer, cream the butter with the sugars until light and smooth. Then add the egg until combined, followed by the vanilla. Mix until combined. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mix until all combined, doing so at a slow speed to prevent a mess. Then pour in the apple cider. Mix. (Taste, it's delicious!)
- Into prepared muffin tins (lined with parchment or rubbed with butter to ensure ease of removal), in a mini bundt cake or donut molds (each prepared by lightly greasing with butter), pour the batter until 2/3 full (no higher).
- Bake in the oven: for muffins and donuts - 12-15 minutes; for the mini bundt cake, 20-25 minutes. Check with a toothpick or clean knife by placing it into the thickest part, and if it comes out clean, the bake is done.
- Let cool for 5 minutes, then remove from the molds. While the donuts/cake are cooling, melt the butter for the topping in a small sauce pan. In a small dish, combine the sugar and cinnamon. You will brush the top of the donuts/cake (once removed from their molds) witih the melted butter, and then sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Serve warm or enjoy at room temperature the next day! Pair with a hot cuppa of choice and enjoy. :)