Apple Spice Bundt Cake is the perfect dessert! The cake is moist and flavorful, with a delicious apple cinnamon flavor. This recipe is easy to make because its starts with a cake miix!
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Why you'll love this recipe
✔️ The aroma of this cake is mouth-watering and will leave your kitchen smelling delightful
✔️ Easy to make and absolutely delicious.
✔️ Perfect as a dessert, snack, or even as a breakfast treat!
Ingredients
For the exact measurements, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Spice cake mix - brand of your choice plus ingredients that the cake calls for - eggs, vegetable oil, and water.
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- applesauce
- apples - The best apples for baking are Braeburn, Cortland or granny smith apples - look for a tart, firm apple.
- chopped pecans or walnuts.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a bundt pan with baking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, place the cake mix, eggs, oil, and water. (As per directions on the box.)
- Add in cinnamon and vanilla and mix.
- Add apple sauce, diced apples, and pecans, and mix into batter. Spoon into prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 38 minutes. Following baking instructions on the back of the box if using a different baking pan.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 25 minutes then turn out onto a cooling rack to completely cool. Then invert onto a serving dish and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.
The cake is done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Equipment
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FAQ's
You can use two loaf pans instead of a bundt pan. Or a 9x13 baking pan.
Yes, this cake freezes well. You can store it in the freezer for up to two months.
Honeycrisp, Braeburn, Cortland and Granny Smith Apples are all good for baking.
No, they will stay firm yet tender while baking.
The addition of applesauce will make the cake super moist and tender! It's also adds flavor (without the edition of butter) and can cut calories as well.
Tips
- Be careful to not over-mix this spice bundt cake, you want to mix the batter until just combined. You can use an electric mixer or just mix by hand.
- If you have apples that are too tart, add ¼ cup of sugar to the batter before baking.
- You can add more apple sauce if you like a very moist cake.
- Top with a drizzle of caramel sauce for an especially decadent treat!
Variations
- Change up the nuts in this easy apple cake, use walnuts or even peanuts instead.
- An apple glaze for the cake would be amazing! You could make a maple glaze or a simple vanilla glaze. A cream cheese frosting would be delicious too.
- Pumpkin pie spice mix would be a great swap for the cinnamon in the fall.
- Use a white or yellow cake mix, and add apple pie spice to the mix to make your spice cake.
- Switch out the apples for pineapple for a pineapple bundt cake. Just be sure to drain the pineapple well.
- You can make this cake in a 9x13 cake pan, topped with vanilla frosting!
Storage
Serve - This cake can be stored for up to 3 days on the countertop wrapped in plastic or stored in an airtight container.
Store - In can be stored in the refrigerator up to a week. It will be best if brought to room temperature before serving.
Freeze - up to three months.
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Apple Spice Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 1 Spice cake mix your choice of brand make the cake according to directions on the box. Large eggs, oil, and water.
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup applesauce
- 3 apples peeled and diced
- 1 cup chopped pecans
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a bundt pan with baking spray and set aside.
- Peel and chop apples. Place in small bowl, squeeze with fresh lemon. Toss to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients to a large bowl. Mix the cake mix as per directions on the box, adding eggs, oil, and water.
- Add cinnamon and vanilla to the cake batter and mix.
- Add apple sauce, peeled diced apples and pecans. Mix to combine, do not overrmix.
- Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Tap pan on countertop to remove any air bubbles.
- Place in oven, bake for 38 minutes. Following baking instructions on the back of the box if using a different baking pan.
- Baking time may vary, test cake for doneness by insert a wooden pic into the center of the cake. When it comes out clean the cake is done.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 25 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to completely cool. Next, invert onto a serving dish and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.
Tonya
Oh my sweet HEAVENS!!! This is so amazingly good!!! Serve with a drizzle of warm caramel sauce, a side of vanilla bean ice cream.. i absolutely HATE nuts of ANY kind, but I made this with coarsely chopped walnuts, just big enough that I could actually pick them out of mine.❤️❤️❤️
Bowl Me Over
So true, the Apple Spice Bundt Cake is one of the BEST and it's such an easy recipe!!! Perfect for fall. And if you still are in the mood for something sweet? The Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake is AMAZING as well! Thanks for sharing and supporting the blog Tonya!
Bowl Me Over
I made this recipe over the weekend. I'd forgotten what moist cake this Apple Spicy Bundt Cake is! It's such an easy recipe and perfect for summer and fall!
Lisa
I really enjoyed this and so did my family. I made this for thanksgiving desert, and followed the directions. It wasn't too sweet which I prefer so adding whip cream or ice cream on the side would accompany this cake well. After this recipe I've now become interested in other cake hacks and I'm not a fantastic home cook or baker! Give this one a try if you're on the fence!!!
Peg
I very possibly could be overlooking after rereading the recipe several times, but - you show butter in the photo of ingredients but it’s not ever mentioned. When do we use the butter? Or is that just incase of an alternative for the oil?
Bowl Me Over
Great catch Peg and my apologies - if you prefer the cake to be a little more rich, you can substitute that as an alternative for the oil. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll add a note in the recipe card.
Alison
In the tips it says can use melted butter instead of oil.
Lorie
What size apples do you use
Bowl Me Over
Hey Lorie - use medium to large size apples. Enjoy the recipe!
Connie
This cake took a lot more than 38 minutes to bake. I’m up to 58 at this point.
Bowl Me Over
Hmm... that's strange Connie. Was your oven preheated well and have you checked the temperature lately? I will do the same here.