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Apple bundt cake with spiced caramel - a deliciously moist, spiced apple bundt cake topped with a lucious spiced caramel sauce.
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Apple Bundt Cake With Spiced Caramel Sauce

Servings 12 people
Author Domestic Gothess

Ingredients

Apple Bundt Cake:

  • 380 g (3 cups + 1 Tbsp) plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 120 g (½ cup) low fat Greek yogurt
  • 200 ml (½ + ⅓ cup) sunflower oil
  • 100 g (3.5 oz) unsweetened applesauce shop bought or recipe below (or use another 100ml oil instead)
  • 250 g (1 + ⅓ cup) light brown soft sugar
  • 100 g (½ cup) caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 medium eating apples such as Braeburn peeled, cored and diced

Spiced Caramel Sauce:

  • 200 ml (½ + ⅓ cup) double (heavy) cream
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise
  • 2 cardamom pods bruised
  • 3 cloves
  • 3 allspice
  • 5 peppercorns
  • 150 g (¾ cup) caster sugar
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 15 g (1 Tbsp) butter
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/gas mark 3. Thoroughly grease a 10 cup/2.4 litre bundt tin; dust with flour and tap out the excess.
  • Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a large bowl. In a separate jug, whisk together the yogurt, oil, applesauce, sugars, eggs and vanilla extract until well combined.
  • Gradually stir the wet ingredients into the dry until smooth then fold in the apples. Spoon the batter into the prepared tin and spread it level. Bake for 60-75 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. You may need to loosely cover the top with tin foil towards the end of baking in order to stop it from catching.
  • Leave the cake to cool in the tin placed on a wire rack .then carefully turn it out.
  • While the cake is cooling make the spiced caramel. Place the cream and spices in a small pan and heat until simmering. Remove from the heat, cover and set aside to infuse for half an hour.
  • Place the sugar and water into a heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring to the boil and cook, swirling the pan, NOT stirring, until the sugar dissolves and the colour changes to amber. Remove from the heat and immediately pour in the cream and spices - be careful as the caramel will bubble ferociously and rise up in the pan. When the bubbling stops, add the butter and stir until melted.
  • Return the pan to a low heat and cook whilst stirring continuously for a couple of minutes until smooth. Add a generous pinch of salt then pour the caramel through a sieve into a jug to remove the spices (or just leave them in if you prefer.).
  • Allow the caramel to cool until thickened slightly then pour it over the top of the cake and serve. The caramel can be made a couple of days in advance and stored in the fridge if required; simply gently re-warm it until it melts before serving. Store the cake in an airtight container and eat within 4 days.

Notes

(To make unsweetened applesauce, peel, core and dice one large Bramley apple and place in a pan with ½ Tbsp water and a squeeze of lemon juice. Cook, stirring often, until the apple is soft then use a stick blender to puree it until smooth (or place it in a blender to puree). Allow to cool before using.)