Bundt Apple Pie Food

APPLE CINNAMON BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350, and prepare the 12 cup bundt pan (grease and flour if you don't have a non-stick).
• In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together.
• In a large bowl, melt the butter in the microwave, and add brown sugar and eggs, whisking until smooth.
• Gradually whisk in dry ingredients just until combined- don't overmix.
• Fold in the apples (it will look sort of like peanut butter coated apple slices, but don't worry- the batter bakes up around the apple slices) and spoon batter into the bundt pan, smoothing the top.
• Bake until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean (about an hour).
• Cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, and invert onto a rack placed over wax paper to cool completely.
• Make the glaze by whisking the water (or apple juice) together with the confectioners' sugar adding just enough liquid to make the glaze thick but pourable.
• Drizzle glaze over completely cooled cake, and let it firm up before serving.

APPLE BUNDT CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a 12-cup bundt pan.
• In a bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of the flour mixture into the Bundt pan and tilt pan to coat.
• In another bowl, place the chopped apples and 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture; toss to coat.
• In another bowl combine 1-1/4 cups brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla; beat with an electric mixture until combined and thick (about 4 minutes).
• Gradually beat in the remaining flour mixture until combined.
• Fold in the chopped apple mixture and pecans into the batter.
• Transfer to prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until the cake tests done.
• Transfer the cake to a rack then prepare the caramel glaze.
• To make the glaze: melt butter in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan.
• Whisk in 1 cup brown sugar then the half and half or cream.
• Continue whisking until the glaze is smooth and comes to a boil.
• Add in 1 teaspoon vanilla, and remove from heat.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup of the hot glaze over the warm cake that is still in the pan.
• Let the cake sit for 15-20 minutes to absorb the glaze.
• Turn the cake onto a platter, then pour the remaining glaze over the cake.
• Let stand until cool (at least 1 hour) before slicing.

APPLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt or tube pan. In a medium bowl, combine the diced apples, 1 tablespoon white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups white sugar, oil, orange juice, vanilla and eggs. Beat at high speed until smooth. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in chopped walnuts.
• Pour 1/3 of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the apple mixture. Alternate layers of batter and filling, ending with batter.
• Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

BUNDT APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Pans needed: Bundt cake pan of 10 inches or larger in diameter, preferably a thick or heavy pan. Large bowl to mix crust. Two medium to large size bowls, plus a colander, to drain sliced apples.
• Peel and slice apples into equal-sized pieces. (Some folks use thin slices, some use thick slices, and some prefer to cube their apples. This is your preference, but the apple slices should be roughly the same size.) Mix in 1/4 cup sugar. Place a colander into a large bowl, then add the mixed apple slices to the colander. Let the liquid drain from the apple slices for 90 minutes.
• While the apples are draining, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare your pie crust.
• In a large bowl, mix together the ingredients in order: flour, suet, baking powder, brown sugar. salt. Stir together, then mix in spices: allspice, cardamon, ginger. Add brandy and 1/4 cup water. Stir it all together until you are close to forming a dough, then add the remaining 1/4 cup of water and stir. Once the crust dough is thick in consistency, you can then knead the dough with your hands. If the dough is not at the right consistency then add more water, a tablespoon at a time, until you are left with thick dough and no dry crumbs on the side and bottom of the bowl. Separate the mound of dough into two halves, and roll them into two balls of dough.
• Grease the entire inside of the bundt pan with shortening, to prevent sticking when the finished pie comes out.
• Press one of the balls of dough with a rolling pin into a flat circle. Place it into the bundt pan, and press it out with your hands so that every inch of the inside of the pan is covered. I found the pie crust was indeed very thick and solid, and it was much easier to roll out with a rolling pin than a typical pie crust. I pressed it into the bundt pan by hand, and spent maybe twenty minutes or more pressing the pie crust up along the inner and outer edges of the pan.
• When the apples have finished draining, reserve (keep) the drained apple juice. Return the apples to the big mixing bowl. In order to add more flavor to the crust, I poured some of the reserved apple juice from the apple slices into the pan and swirled it around, then drained out the excess.
• In a large bowl, mix the drained apples together with the pie filling ingredients. Add the filling to the bundt pan.
• With a rolling pin, press the other ball of dough into a second round crust to add to the top of the pan - and when the pie is flipped over, this will be the bottom of the pie. Because of this, it will be necessary to double over and press down the edges all around the pan. This will crimp it down with the inner crust, and seal the pie as it bakes in the oven.
• Bake the pie in your oven at 350 degrees F for at least 75 to 80 minutes (1 hour plus 15 to 20 minutes).
• Remove the pie from the oven. At this point the torture begins! It is absolutely necessary to let the pie sit and settle for one hour before flipping the bundt pan over. After this, wait for another hour before lifting the pan off if the finished pie.
• Finally, prepare the pie glaze: Add 2 cups powdered confectioner's sugar to a medium sized bowl. Bring applejack brandy to a boil. Lower temperature, and simmer to boil off the alcohol. As the liquor is simmering, add 2 tablespoons of butter, and stir until the butter is melted. Add the mixture of brandy and butter to the powdered sugar. Add 2 tablespoons of heavy cream, plus 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir it all into a thick liquid or a thin paste. Drizzle the glaze over the pie.

APPLE SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugars and lemon peel until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce.
• Stir in the pecans and apple.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9- or 10-in. bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• For glaze, in a heavy saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat.
• Stir in cream.
• Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Pour over cake, immediately sprinkle with pecans.