How To Host: Apple Cider Donut Cake

I don't want to tell you what to do in your own kitchen, but you will probably never hand cut and fry apple cider donuts. But you can make my apple cider donut cake at home, no frying necessary. My apple cider donut cake is simple, sweet and perfectly baked. The best part of this apple cider donut cake, beside the fact that you don't have to fry them, is that you don't have to buy fresh apples. For this apple cider donut cake all you'll need is apple sauce and apple cider.

Apple Cider Donut Cake Ingredients

Apple Cider Donut Cake

1 1/2 cups Flour

1 tsp. Baking Powder

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Allspice

1 stick Butter, melted

1/2 cup White Sugar

1 cup Apple Sauce, sweetened (if using unsweetened, add 3/4 white sugar TOTAL)

1/4 cup Apple Cider, reduced from 1/2 cup Apple Cider

1 Whole Egg

Apple Cider Donut Cake Sugar Coating

1/2 cup White Sugar

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. Salt

Apple Cider Donut Cake Method

1. In a small saucepan, reduce the apple cider. On simmer, allow the apple cider to reduce for 30-60 minutes, until it has reduced by half in size. Set aside to cool.

2. Preheat the oven to 350. In a small bowl mix the dry ingredients the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and allspice.

3. In a medium bowl, add the melted butter and white sugar. Whisk for 2 minutes until sugar is combined and butter is pale. Add the apple sauce and egg, whisk another minute. Then add the reduced apple cider. Finally combine the dry ingredients with the wet. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 30-45 min.

4. While the apple cider donut cake if baking, make the cinnamon sugar topping and combine. Cover the loaf, using additional apple cider (unreduced) coat the loaf and cover in sugar to serve.