Apple Cider Cake with Malted Vanilla Frosting
Hi guys! How are you all doing?? I hope you are having a great week and enjoying the season. The air just changed around here in Upstate NY and it is finally feeling like fall. In addition to making this apple cider cake last weekend, I broke out the scarves and long sweaters. I LOVE fall fashion and colors!!
This year, I am in love with burgundy. Have you guys noticed burgundy is everywhere? Looks like it is the color of the fall and I am loving it. I got some burgundy pants, sweaters and a few scarves to mix and match with different classic pieces. I am excited for the season!!
Okay back to this fall cake! Apple cider cake with malted vanilla frosting.. doesn’t it sound amazing?? I just love the homey flavors at play here. A moist, fluffy and crumbly apple cake with fresh apples and apple cider. The warm cakes are drenched in apple cider syrup before being topped with malted vanilla frosting. I was a bit skeptical about the combination of apples and malted vanilla at first but then I tasted this cake and all doubt was put to rest. It is just a great combination that I can’t wait for you to try.
This lovely cake is from Cake Magic!: Mix & Match Your Way to 100 Amazing Combinations, one of my new favorite cookbooks. The principle is pretty simple and creative. You choose a batter, flavor it with exciting syrup, add a frosting to create cake magic! It is an easy way to bake luscious, flavorful cakes like this apple cider cake. If you are a cake fanatic like myself, this is the book for you. Check it out and I know you will love it! A moist apple cider cake is paired with a sweet malted vanilla frosting. Adapted from Cake Magic with permission from publisher. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Apple Cider Cake with Malted Vanilla Frosting
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Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. I was gifted a copy of Cake Magic! but was under no obligation to bake from it or share it with you. I just loved the book and all the recipes I tried. That being said, there is an affiliate link to amazon for the book above.
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Zainab, this cake looks absolutely pretty. And that frosting sounds perfect with apple cider syrup. And I do love burgundy. Yay to Fall!
Thanks Linda!! I am loving the colors a lot!!
Burgundy is such a great color for fall! That apple cider cake looks delicious 🙂
Right? You will know!! You are always my fashion inspiration.
This cake looks wonderful – it looks like the cake equivalent of a cozy cable-knit sweater…if that makes any sense, haha. I bet it makes the house smell *amazing* while it’s baking!
Hahha i know what you mean 🙂 So cozy and inviting.
It is definitely full on fall in Calgary, some of the trees don’t even have any leaves now 🙁 I am so happy for fall flavors though, and this cake looks SO delicious! Love the flavors you have going on here!
Thanks Denise!! It is so nice once the weather is finally cool and crispy but I don’t like thinking of what comes after that.
Sounds like a super fun cookbook! This is absolutely PERFECT for fall…I can’t get over the idea of malted vanilla…sounds so good.
It is a great book. I am loving it!!
That cider syrup sounds fab! I love cakes soaked with syrup.
The syrup makes it so delicious! Soaked in goodness!
Could this be baked in a 9 x 13 pan? If so, suggested baking instructions? Thanks!
Hi Kim, it could be but you will have to determine the baking time by experimentation as I have not tested it in a 9 x 13 pan. Let us know how you like it!