This Apple Bundt Cake has chunks of tender apples, chopped walnuts, cinnamon, and applesauce. Serve it warm with this decadent brown sugar glaze that takes only minutes to make! It's the perfect dessert that's so incredibly simple to make, yet your guests will think you spent hours baking!
Peel and chop your apples into small chunks then add them into the whisked dry mixture to coat. Add in your chopped walnuts at this time too.
3 cups Granny Smith Apples, 1 cup Chopped Walnuts
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Then add in the applesauce and eggs until well blended.
2 cups Granulated Sugar, ½ cup Vegetable Oil, ⅔ cup Unsweetened Applesauce, 2 Large Eggs, 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
With a spatula, fold in the dry ingredients (with the chopped apples and chopped walnuts) mixture until just combined.
Scoop your batter into the prepared bundt cake pan then give the pan a few light taps to remove any air bubbles that may have crept into the batter.
Place in the oven and bake for 55-70 minutes at 325ºF or until golden brown (mine came out at 60 minutes). Additionally, you can check for doneness by inserting a cake tester into different parts of the cake. It should come out clean, with no cake batter or wet crumbs sticking to it.
Remove from the oven and place on wire cooling rack for roughly 10 minutes. Gently slide a small pairing knife down the sides a little to loosen the bundt cake.
Invert the bundt cake onto a wire cooling rack, then carefully remove the pan. You can choose to cool the cake completely before adding the glaze or (my favorite) you can drizzle it over the cake while it's still warm.
brown sugar glaze
In a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, combine the unsalted butter, heavy whipping cream, light brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
½ cup Unsalted Butter, 2 teaspoon Heavy Whipping Cream, ½ cup Light Brown Sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
As you continue to stir, bring the mixture to a boil to make sure the brown sugar has dissolved completely.
Remove from the heat and let it sit for 10-15 minutes to thicken.
Pour over top of your warm apple bundt cake and enjoy!
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Notes
Note: Apple Bundt Cake video shows chopped walnuts being added after the dry ingredients instead of along with the chopped apples as written in the recipe instructions. Either method is fine.
Apple Bundt Cake recipe adapted from A Taste of Bedminster Elementary cookbook.
Brown Sugar Glaze recipe adapted and inspired by I Am Baker.