Baked Apple Cider Donuts (Cake)
Easy baked apple cider donuts recipe, homemade with simple ingredients in about 30 minutes. Coated in spiced cinnamon sugar. Soft, moist and tender with a cake-like texture.
Servings: 16 Donuts
Calories: 223kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Apple cider
- 1 Egg Large
- ⅓ cup Granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup Brown sugar
- 3 tablespoon Butter Unsalted, Melted, Can also use melted coconut oil
- ½ cup Milk Whole or 2%
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg powder
- ⅛ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Spiced sugar topping
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
- ½ teaspoon Nutmeg powder
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Melted
Instructions
- Pour cider in a nonstick saucepan and cook over medium heat without lid until it's reduced to ⅓ cup. It will become a thick syrup. Keep aside and allow it to cool down.
- In a large mixing bowl, add egg, granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Keep aside.
- In another mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom.
- Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture, along with the reduced apple cider, and mix until just combined. Don't over-mix!
- Pour batter in a greased donut pan, filling halfway through.
Tip: Pour batter in piping bag and pipe batter in the donut pan. It's easier and neater. - Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the donuts to cool down for 5 minutes at room temperature and then remove from pan.
- While the donuts are cooling, mix together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom in a wide bowl.
- Brush melted butter all over each donut and roll in the bowl of sugar until fully coated.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
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Notes
- Try other spices for a different flavor profile.
- You need to reduce the apple cider to thick syrup for this recipe to work well.
- Apple cider syrup must cool to room temperature before it is used otherwise it will cook the eggs in the batter.
- I used a spiced sugar topping but you can do plain granulated sugar or powdered sugar or even glaze them.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Tastes best when served warm immediately. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge or at room temperature for 2-3 days and can be reheated in the microwave.
Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 88mg | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 0.8mg