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Glazed Apple Bundt Cake

This wonderful glazed apple cake is so good you'll want to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Erren Hart

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last Updated:

03/25/2025
4.34 from 6 votes
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Serves: 12
Prep: 20 minutes mins
Cook: 1 hour hr

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This recipe for Glazed Apple Bundt Cake makes a decadent cake that’s soft, moist and coated with a crunchy apple glaze.   It’s the perfect coffee cake, dessert or breakfast treat.

A close up of a piece of glazed apple cake with a bowl of apples in the background

This easy apple cake can be made without a mixer.  Because it uses melted butter as opposed to softened, you can literally throw all of the ingredients in a bowl and mix it up with a wooden spoon!

The batter mixed together with visible lumps from the shredded apple.

To freeze this Glazed Apple Bundt Cake, just bake it without the glaze and freeze in an airtight container for up to four months. Once thawed you can re-heat it and add the glaze before serving.A close up of glazed apple bundt cake batter in a bundt pan

apple turnovers
My Classic Apple Turnovers

My Classic Apple Turnovers are made on a regular basis, but after getting my new Nordic Ware Autumn Wreath Bundt Pan I knew I had to make something with apples!   You can get one here on Amazon.  (#paidlink).

A close up of the cake on a cooling rack showing the detail the autumn pattern pan gives the cake

One great thing about baking with fruit like my Glazed Apple Bundt Cake is there is so much moisture from the grated apples, there is no milk used in the recipe.  It can also be easily made into a dairy-free apple cake by substituting the melted butter with the oil of your choice.

A close up of glazed apple bundt cake with a wooden bowl full of apples and drinking glasses in the background

This moist, fluffy cake with apples galore and a crunchy coating is near perfection.   You can serve it for special occasions, to treat your loved ones, or make it purely for those moments when you just need a good slice of cake, this glazed apple beauty is guaranteed to hit the spot.

Simply put, this beautiful cake is just delicious – bake it, and devour it.A piece of glazed apple bundt cake on a dish with an apple and the rest of the cake in the background

I make the glaze using apple juice giving the cake another kick of apple flavor.  The trick to the glaze is to coat the cake while it’s still warm.

The juice seeps into the cake, adding flavor and moisture and leaving a crunchy sugar coating.  I’m telling you this cake is like the best and biggest apple doughnut you’ll ever have.  Enjoy!

BAKING TIPS:

  • When making Bundt cakes, be sure to grease the pan generously to make it easier to remove the cake from the pan.
  • After shredding the apples, coat them with a bit of lemon juice to keep them from turning brown before using.
  • Be sure to glaze the cake while it’s still warm to allow the apple juice to seep into the cake and the leaving the sugar to form a sweet crunchy coating.

Other Apple Recipes You’ll Love

  • Caramel Apple Pie
  • Classic Apple Turnovers
  • Apple Cranberry Crumb Pie
  • Apple Cinnamon Upside Down Cake
  • Apple Crumb Cakes

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Note:  This recipe was originally posted in October of 2016.  It was republished to include prep photos and nutritional information.

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Recipe

Glazed Apple Cake

This wonderful glazed apple cake is so good you’ll want to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
4.34 from 6 votes
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Prep Time: 20 minutes mins
Cook Time: 1 hour hr
Total Time: 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Serves 12

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup brown sugar (packed )
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup butter (melted)
  • 4 large eggs
  • 5 medium apples (grated (keep from turning brown with a little lemon juice squeezed on the slices).)
For the glaze:
  • 5 tablespoons apple juice (or apple cider)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F/175C.
  • Grease a 12 cup bundt pan.
  • In a small bowl, melt the butter in the microwave, and let cool.
  • In a large mixing bowl mix together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, salt, baking soda, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
  • Add the cooled butter, eggs, and vanilla.  Mix until smooth.
  • Fold in the apples and spoon the batter into the bundt pan.
  • Bake 50-60 minutes until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, while the cake is cooling in the pan, mix together the apple and 1 cup of sugar to make the glaze.
  • After the cake cools in the pan for 10 minutes, invert onto a cooling rack (the cake should still be warm.
  • Place some baking paper under the cooling rack to catch any glaze that drips off the cake.
  • Glaze the outside of the entire cake (you can use the glaze that drips off onto the paper beneath by scarping it onto a spoon).  Leave to cool another 20 minutes to allow the glaze to set into a crispy coating.
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Nutrition

Calories: 118 | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 54mg | Vitamin A: 80IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1.5mg
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11 responses

  1. Heather Murphy Avatar
    Heather Murphy
    10/31/2024

    Have you tried gluten-free flour?? Wondering if that would work.

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    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      11/01/2024

      Hi Heather,

      Thanks for reaching out! I haven’t tried this recipe with gluten-free flour myself, but it should work just fine if you use a good-quality, 1:1 gluten-free baking flour blend. These blends are usually made to swap directly for regular flour, which helps keep the cake’s texture and structure.

      To get the best results, it’s a good idea to check the brand’s recommendations. Some blends have xanthan gum (which helps with binding), while others don’t. If yours doesn’t have it, adding about 1/4 teaspoon per cup of flour can help give you a texture similar to the original recipe.
      Happy baking, and please let me know how it turns out!

      Reply
  2. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy
    11/07/2020

    I’d love to make this for Thanksgiving. We are traveling for about 3 hours. Do you think it would travel well?

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    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      11/08/2020

      Hi Kathy, yes, it will definitely travel well.

      Reply
  3. Trina Avatar
    Trina
    09/07/2017

    This is my boyfriend’s favorite cake! We both thank you! 10 stars!!

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  4. Dana Avatar
    Dana
    11/07/2016

    This cake is like a big beautiful apple donut! It’s just incredible!

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    1. Erren Avatar
      Erren
      11/08/2016

      That is so awesome to hear! Glad you enjoyed it so much!

      Reply
  5. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda
    11/01/2016

    This cake is DELICIOUS! Thanks so much for the freezing instructions. I’m going to make it ahead for Thanksgiving!

    Reply
    1. Erren Avatar
      Erren
      11/02/2016

      Anything that helps make Thanksgiving easier for people makes me happy! Yay!

      Reply
  6. Ninip Avatar
    Ninip
    01/12/2016

    I made this cake for a function and it was delicious! Thanks so much! have not tasted it yet. Love the glaze.

    Reply
  7. Erren Avatar
    Erren
    11/05/2015

    Sorry Claudette, the original recipe has another layer I took out so it was a typo. All the batter goes in. I fixed the recipe. Thanks for pointing it out!

    Reply
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