Tuesdays with Dorie DAC: First-of-Fall Apple Bundt

Now that we’ve closed the cover on Baking with Dorie, we are full steam ahead on Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. (By the way, if any of you subscribe to Dorie’s newsletter, she gave TWD a super sweet shout-out in the most recent one.) Fall is prime-time baking season, and getting this First-of-Fall Apple Bundt in the oven will make your house smell like a pot of mulled cider. Cinnamon, brown sugar, maple syrup and apples…does it get more cozy? The mixing method is easy and standard, and the Bundt tin does all the work turning out a tall, beautiful cake. Dorie recommends finishing this cake with a caramel glaze if you’re feeling fancy or powdered sugar if easy-peasy is more your jam. I’ve had a jar of reduced cider syrup in my fridge that I picked up so long ago I’ve forgotten where, and I decided to finally use it up here. I mixed it with some golden rum (my secret ingredient for baked goods) and painted the outside of my cake with the boozy concoction. The cake is so moist and such a…