After seeing a friend post about this Apple Cider Doughnut Cake with Brown Butter, I knew I needed it in my life! She generously shared her adapted version of Jessica Merchant’s recipe.
This supremely moist, tender cake features apples cooked in apple cider and then mashed along with warm fall spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Once cooled, you brush the cake with brown butter and coat it with the classic cinnamon-sugar mixture that makes apple cider donuts so tasty. And making it in a bundt pan creates a giant donut shape without the hassle of deep-frying at home!
That brown-butter-cinnamon-sugar-coated crust was out of this world good.
My only mistake? Using the wrong spray to coat the bundt pan – I lost part of the top while unmolding. But nothing that about 25 toothpicks couldn’t fix for this photo. Sally recommended Everbake Pan Spray, which I’m excited to try next time.
Rating: 5/5
How Easy Is That: Easy
Store-Bought Is Fine: apple cider
Pricey Ingredients: —
Hard-to-find: —
Version of recipe on SeriousEats.com
