Apple Spice Bundt Cake with a Vanilla Glaze

This easy apple spice bundt cake recipe is the perfect dessert! Filled with both shredded and chopped apples, this cake is full of sweet apple flavor! The vanilla glaze is the cherry-on-top, making this easy apple cake a family favorite!

The Best Apple Bundt Cake Recipe with a Spiced Glaze

For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been battling 90+ degree temperatures despite the fact it’s the middle of November. Nothing says “Seasons Greetings” like wearing a sundress and flip flops, because even thinking about wearing a sweater makes you break out into a sweat.

So, the ankle boots, sweaters, and scarves have all been relegated to the back of the closet along with my other fall hopes and dreams (like using a blanket or wearing socks). It’s not been great. Here’s to hoping that winter brings with it an onslaught of freezing temperatures. Or, at least temperatures below 80 (I’m a realist).

While it might feel like summer outside, I’ve been semi-successfully trying to create a fall/winter atmosphere inside. From brewing seasonally appropriate flavored coffee to all the seasonal scents you could imagine to baking all the apple desserts (like these Apple Pecan Donuts, Apple Pie Muffin Twists, and Apple Spice Candied Nuts), I’ve been desperately trying to make it a full on winter wonderland inside the house. 

This cake definitely brought us one step closer to said winter wonderland. Apples. Spices. Cake. Enough said.

Reasons This Is The Perfect Apple Bundt:

Obviously, I’m a big fan of cake. It might be the perfect dessert, but I can’t quite commit 100% to that idea just yet.  However, this apple version is perfect, especially when baked in a bundt pan. Not only can I run the My Big Fat Greek Wedding quote into the ground, it’s also the easiest way to bake a cake from start to finish. A simple, yet stunning dessert for any party!

It’s such a moist apple bundt cake, because it’s made with oil, greek yogurt, diced apples and shredded apples. 

And, the cinnamon glaze. It’s outstanding. 

Ingredients for this easy apple cake:

• All Purpose Flour
• Brown Sugar and Granulated Sugar
• Baking Soda and Salt
• Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Allspice
• Eggs
• Canola Oil
• Greek Yogurt
• Vanilla Extract
• Orange zest and juice
• Fresh Apples
• Powdered Sugar
• Heavy Cream

How To Make This Bundt Apple Cake From Scratch:

Dry Ingredients: Mix all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl (or you can use the bowl of your standing mixer). 

Wet Ingredients: Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients; then add in the eggs and oil and mix until just dispersed. Add in the greek yogurt, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined. 

Apples: Lastly add in the chopped apples and the shredded apples and mix until combined.

Bake: Pour the batter into a well greased bundt pan and bake for about 60 minutes. 

Cool: Let the apple cake cool in the bundt cake pan for about 15 minutes. Then, invert the cake pan on a serving dish or a wire cooling rack and let the cake cool another 15 minutes.

Glaze: As the apple spice cake cools, whisk together powdered sugar, cinnamon, heavy cream (or milk), and vanilla extract. Once combined, drizzle over the top of the warm apple bundt cake.

Quick and Easy Tips To Making This Moist Apple Bundt Cake:

• Storage: Store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for about 2 days, otherwise store in the fridge for 3-4 days. 
• Bundt Pan: Use a 12-cup bundt cake pan and make sure you grease the pan very well!
• Icing: You can use just a plain vanilla icing too if you don’t want to make this a spiced icing. 
• Nuts: If you want, you can toast walnuts or pecans, chop them finely, and fold them into the apple cake batter (or you can sprinkle them on top of the glaze).

Other Fall Cake Recipes To Try Next:

• Pear Bundt Cake
• Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake
• Vanilla Pumpkin Bundt Cake
• Cream Cheese Pumpkin Bundt Cake
• Sweet Potato Bundt Cake

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Apple Spice Bundt Cake with a Vanilla Glaze

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr 25 mins

 

This easy apple spice bundt cake recipe is the perfect dessert! Filled with both shredded and chopped apples, this cake is full of sweet apple flavor! The vanilla glaze is the cherry-on-top, making this easy apple cake a family favorite!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple spice bundt cake

Servings: 12 Slices

Author: A Latte Food

Ingredients

Bundt Cake

• 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup canola oil
• 6 oz vanilla yogurt, or sour cream
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp orange zest
• 1 Tbsp orange juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 1/2 cups shredded apple
• 1 1/2 cups chopped apple

Cinnamon Vanilla Glaze

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3-4 Tbsp heavy whipping cream or milk

Instructions

Bundt Cake

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a bundt pan with baking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and baking soda together.
3. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients; add eggs, and stir until combined (batter will be dry).
4. Add in canola oil, and stir until combined.
5. Add in yogurt, vanilla extract, orange zest, and orange juice; stir until combined.
6. Fold in chopped and shredded apples.
7. Spread the batter evenly in the bundt pan.
8. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean (mine baked for exactly 59 minutes).
9. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the bundt pan and allow to finish cooling.

Vanilla Glaze

1. Whisk powdered sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and 3 Tbsp heavy cream (or milk) together. If the glaze is too thick, add in the remaining 1 Tbsp of cream (or milk).
2. Pour the glaze evenly over the cake.
3. Enjoy! Refrigerate leftovers.