Who doesn’t love apples or donuts? Combining the two into something you can share with others is a huge bonus!
Correspondences: apples for wisdom and love (save the seeds for a protection spell bag), nutmeg for truth and justice, cinnamon for energy and courage, ginger for prosperity and success
Ingredients
Cake
2 1/2 cup (290 g) cake flour
2 teaspoon (10 ml) baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon (7 ml) ground cinnamon - (see note)
1/2 teaspoon (2 ml) nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon (2 ml) ginger
1 1/4 cup (284 g) salted butter - room temperature (2 1/2 sticks)
1 1/4 cup (250 g) granulated sugar
1 cup (220 g) dark brown sugar
4 large eggs - room temperature
1 tablespoon (15 ml) pure vanilla extract
2/3 cup (153 g) sour cream - room temperature
1/3 cup (79 g) apple cider - room temperature
1 cup (180 g) grated apples - about 2 medium apples (see note)
Topping
1/4 cup (57 g) salted butter - melted ( 1/2 stick)
2/3 cup (133 g) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon (5 ml) ground cinnamon
dash freshly grated nutmeg - optional
Directions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Position rack in the center of the oven.
- Sift together cake flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add sugars and cream on medium speed until lightened and fluffy, another 3-4 minutes.
- With mixer running, eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition. Mix in vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together sour cream and apple cider until smooth.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in ⅓ of flour mixture until just combined, followed by ½ of sour cream mixture.
- Repeat process with another ⅓ of flour mixture, the rest of the sour cream mixture, and then the remainder of the flour mixture, being careful not to deflate the fluffiness of the batter.
- Gently fold your grated apples into the batter.
- Spray a 10-12 cup bundt pan with baking spray – the kind with flour (see note), or oil the pan and shake a spoonful of flour around the pan.
- Spread batter into prepared bundt pan and bake in preheated oven for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick entered into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then carefully turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Topping
- Combine together cinnamon, sugar, and nutmeg (if using) in a small bowl. Mix well.
- Brush melted butter all over cooled cake, including the inner portion of the bundt, and in all the crevices.
- Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture onto cake and use your hands to press mixture into the sides of the cake.