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This simple but elegant glazed apple walnut bundt cake is perfect for the fall season. It has a rustic gourmet vibe that makes it fancy enough for a dinner party dessert but also casual enough for coffee breaks, brunch, picnics, and so on. It is so easy and delicious, you will want to make it all season – I know we certainly do! If you go apple picking this fall, be sure to give this apple walnut bundt cake recipe a try!
Looking for more apple recipes? Try my rustic sheet pan apple tart or my autumn risotto with apples.
Ingredients
One of my favorite things about this cake is that it is relatively quick and easy – at least as far as homemade cakes go. You simply dump all the ingredients together in one bowl and mix. No need to combine separate wet and dry ingredients or get multiple bowls dirty. Plus, the ingredient list is fairly short.
- Flour
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Oil
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Cinnamon and Vanilla
- Chopped apples and walnuts
- Glaze made from powdered sugar and milk
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
This is a fairly simple cake. Follow the instructions below.
Preheat your oven and prepare a bundt pan. Use cooking spray to grease it and then coat it with flour to prevent the cake from sticking. Here is a how-to video if needed.
Combined all cake ingredients except the apples and nuts in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix for 3 minutes on medium speed.
Add the apples and walnuts to the batter and stir to combine. The batter will be very thick and a bit difficult to stir.
Transfer batter to bundt pan. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes. Remove cake from oven and allow to cool. Transfer the cake to a serving plate and glaze.
Hint: Allow the cake to cool before glazing. It can be slightly warm or completely cool. If you try to add the glaze when it is still hot, the glaze will run off the cake.
Equipment
This glazed apple walnut bundt cake requires a bundt pan. I always use my kitchenAid stand mixer to mix the batter but a handheld mixture will also work. Lastly, silicon spatulas are useful for stirring and scraping batter as well as spreading the glaze.
Top tip
Let the cake cool before you add the glaze. Then slowly add the glaze to achieve the desired look. I like to spoon the glaze on slowly. I find this gives me better control. You can also slowly pour the glaze over the cake. Let the glaze dry for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Glazed Apple Walnut Bundt Cake
Description
A perfect cake for the fall season!
Ingredients
Cake
- butter or cooking spray for greasing bundt pan
- 2 ¼ cup flour plus extra for dusting pan
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cups vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 2 medium-sized apples, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
Glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour your bundt pan.
- Combine all cake ingredients except the apples and nuts in bowl of mixer. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. The batter will be very thick. Gently fold in the apples and nuts using a spatula to combine. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Combine glaze ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir well to combine.
- Bake the cake for 50 – 55 minutes. Cool upright on a rack for 15 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate. Drizzle the glaze over the top.
