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Want a warm and cozy Fall dessert? Then look no further than this apple and cinnamon coffee cake recipe (made with buttermilk or kefir) made in a rose bundt pan.
This easy-to-make apple cinnamon bundt cake recipe makes abundant use of Fall's fresh sweet (and tart) fruits and flavors, without overwhelming them with too many other flavors. What you get with this recipe is a cozy Fall treat, and all you'll want to do after you bake this is to cuddle up on a couch, pour yourself some tea or coffee, and enjoy this simple cake in a good company of friends. I've made a few changes to the original Martha Stewart's recipe, by adding buttermilk to the ingredient list, reducing number of eggs to 3 (from 4), reducing number of apples (6 seemed way too much, so I reduced that to 4). I also did not use the cake glaze (or frosting), because I wanted just good old comfort of the apples and cinnamon. I am also using a rose-shaped bundt pan.
But, before I start describing this Apple Cinnamon Buttermilk Bundt Cake, I want to mention that November will be a very special month for me. I've signed up for NaBloPoMo, which means that I will be blogging every single day for a whole month of November, starting today! Check out November NaBloPoMo Blogroll here. Although NaBloPoMo runs every month, November has always been a special month, when a lot of bloggers sign up and there are prizes for some of those who blog daily.
To me, it will mean, above all, better time management skills. With a full-time job, holidays coming up, and other every day stuff, I will have to get really well organized to produce quality posts every day. It means I will have to spend less time lurking around other blogs or browsing sites like FoodGawker, TasteSpotting, and Pinterest.
I am also planning to diversify the types of posts on this blog. But majority of my posts will remain food and recipe related. I am very excited about this project, and look forward to writing lots of fun posts about recipes and other stuff from my life, usually illustrated with a photograph.
And now, without further due, here is an Apple-cinnamon rose bundt coffee cake, made with buttermilk (or kefir).
How to make Apple Cinnamon Buttermilk Bundt Cake
Below are some step-by-step photos to illustrate this recipe. The complete recipe is below the photos, so make sure to scroll all the way down to the recipe. But these photos will show some of the steps required to make this apple cinnamon buttermilk bundt cake.
I used Rose-shaped Bundt pan
Slice up the apples!
Brown sugar, flour, buttermilk (or kefir), cinnamon, butter, eggs - all mixed together, before dry ingredients are added
Add flour to brown sugar-buttermilk-butter-eggs mixture - add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix together
Fold apples into the batter
Use spatula to gently fold apples into the dough
Spray bundt pan with Baker's spray
Fill bundt pan with the apple-cinnamon batter
The apple cinnamon buttermilk bundt cake in a rose-shaped bundt pan is finally baked!
Nicely browned, golden crust. Yum!
This is to give you another view of rose-shaped Bundt pan. It's a beauty, isn't it?
Apple bundt cake is out of the bundt pan!
It's time to have a first bite!
Apple Cinnamon Buttermilk Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup unsalted butter , melted
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar , packed
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk or kefir
- 4 Granny Smith apples peeled, cored, and sliced ¼ inch thick
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, baking soda and combine thoroughly.
- In a separate large bowl, add together the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, and buttermilk (or kefir). Using mixer, combine these ingredients until well-incorporated.
- Gradually add flour mixture into the butter-sugar-egg-buttermilk mixture, whisking until all ingredients are well combined. Make sure not to overmix.
- Using spatula, fold sliced apples into the cake batter.
- Spray your cake pan with a Baking Spray with Flour (which works great for bundt pans). Because I was using rose bundt pan, I had to make extra sure that all of the pan got sprayed. Pour batter gently into prepared pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour until the toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Mid-time through the baking, turn the pan around in the oven for even baking.
- Let the pan cool off on wire rack for about 40 minutes, then invert the bundt pan to release the cake. If you ever have trouble releasing a cake from a bundt pan, I have a method that worked for me each time, which I describe in this Chocolate Bundt cake recipe.
Notes
Nutrition
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I love this apple cinnamon recipe. This may be a dumb question but after this cake is done can I leave it out on the counter in a covered cake plate or does it have to be refrigerated because of the apples?
I love your rose bundt pan so much! It's so beautiful, and the cinnamon apple sounds delicious (:
Looks delish!
I made this tonight! Substituted 3/4 c of applesauce for 3/4 c of butter and it's sooo delicious and moist. And it came out of the bundt pan beautifully. Thanks for the recipe!
Yuh-uhm!
Beautiful cake! And good luck with NaBloPoMo!
Thank you, Raquel.
Love apple bundt cakes, especially this time of year. That pan makes a beautiful cake for sure.
Thanks for visiting. Bundt pans are fun: so easy to use and they make the simplest of the cakes look impressive.
love this recipe!!!
Lovely! This looks really delicious, yum! Just got a new bundt pan, will have to try this!
Thanks! And yes, use that bundt pan! 🙂
Wow, Julia! your apple cake is stunning! I love all kinds of bundt pan and your apple cake seems fitting just right to the rose design. Good luck with blogging every day. That sounds quite a task. I don't know if I can ever manage my time to blog everyday but it will be a fun self-determination experience. Have a fun!
Thank you! I am in love with bundt pans, too! And yes, blogging every day will be a challenge, but NaBloPoMo in November month, in particular, seems such a huge event, I didn't want to miss it, even though I would rather blog every day in January or February. 🙂
I looooove your finished cake photos - I have to try this recipe now! Looking forward to your doggy photos too. Happy NaBloPoMo!
Thanks for visiting!
Hi Julia. I came right over to check out your site and I can see from the get go that my waistline is in trouble. This cake looks amazing. Sounds like it might even be good Saturday morning cake served with coffee. Yum!
Thank you!
Hello-- I'm here from NaBloPoMo and I have to say, I'm starting off this day pretty hungry after reading this post. I love that you've detailed this recipe with pics!! I'm thinking I could put that bag of apples together I bought yesterday!!
Thank you for sharing!!
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Thanks for visiting! I just visited you back and love your site! I think NaBloPoMo will be fun!