Apple Cider Donut Cake

So I have made this cake twice already this week, with leftover cider we had in the pantry. Credit for recipe goes to my friend, who pinned it from this blog, who adapted it from two in the kitchen, who adapted it from serious eats... I decreased the sugar coating so now I can say I've adapted it too! Very yummy.

Cake

2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped

1 1/2 cups apple cider

1/2 cup milk, at room temperature

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

3 large eggs, at room temperature

1/4 cup vegetable oil (may sub with coconut oil)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1. Preheat to 350. Oil up a bundt pan.

2. In a small saucepan, bring chopped apples and cider to boil over medium; reduce heat and simmer until apples fork tender, ~10-12 min. Remove from heat, cool, and puree. Measure out 1 cup, stir in milk, and set aside. (there’s extra apple-cider-puree; the recipe overshoots to make sure there’s enough as yield from apples may vary)

3. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon and set aside.

4. Cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time. Add oil. Alternate adding the flour and apple/milk mixture, scraping bowl as needed. Add vanilla extract.

5. Pour into bundt pan. Bake 35-45 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan x 10 min, then remove from pan and cool x 30 min.

Cider Glaze

1/2-1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup sugar

1/8 cup water

1/4 cup cider

Melt butter, sugar, and water over medium high heat; boil for 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cider. Brush over cake in several passes.

Cinnamon Sugar Coating

6 TB white sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Combine and sprinkle over glazed cake, using fingers to rub it into the sides.