Glazed Caramel Apple Cider Pound Cake

We have a lovely farm market in our neck of the woods right here in Goshen, Indiana called Kercher’s Sunrise Orchards that has an annual Harvest Festival.

They have free hayrides, U-Pick Apples, U-Pick Pumpkins and gourds and all kinds of great tasting nom-noms like Roast Pork Sandwiches, Fresh Apple Dumplings, Caramel Apples and home-made Apple Cider. (Which by the way, inspired me to make this Apple Cider Pound Cake!)

Their home-made cider is awesome and they start pressing in late August.  Their fame-to-claim Apple Cider is called “Kercher’s October Gold” and they distribute it to many Martin’s and Marsh Supermarkets in my corner of the world, as well as sell it at their market.

The apple cider pound cake is super moist, has a tender, tight crumb and is simply glorious, just as a pound cake should be!

It has a magnificent apple flavor that is subtle, but you still get the mellow tones of apple .

This delectable, sweet Caramel Apple Cider Glaze becomes a wonderful suitor to the Apple Cider Pound Cake too!  Sounds serious!

Serve it warm, room temp or cold. I have no problem eating it any ole way I can get it in my pie-hole. But, that’s just me!  My other family members are addicted to warming pretty much every dessert in the microwave.  So, if  you serve it warm, top it off with even more glaze.

This recipe was made to have extra glaze just for that purpose, so if you don’t want all that yummy, warm, delicious, succulent caramel cider apple glaze dripping down on your pound cake in slow motion, can you just forget I even mentioned it?  🙂

Sorry…  But, seriously, just prepare it to your liking.

This would be perfect with your morning coffee or with a tall cold glass of milk or maybe even some hot apple cider?! 🙂 Right?

If you love fall breads like this, you must try all these!

Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread, 20 Smashing Pumpkin Breads for Fall,  Pumpkin Walnut Bread,  “CopyCat” Starbucks Pumpkin Pound Cake and Country Pumpkin & Banana Cinnamon Bread {Pumpkin Glaze}.

Hope you enjoy!

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Glazed Caramel Apple Cider Pound Cake

Author: Kim Lange

Ingredients

Apple Cider Pound Cake

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs room temperature
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup or vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup apple cider I used my local Apple Cider from Kercher's

Caramel Apple Cider Glaze

• 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 4 tablespoons caramel sauce
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream or heavy cream

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 325 F. Spray loaf pan with non-sticking spray and set aside.

Apple Cider Pound Cake

• In a small bowl, add the flour, salt, and baking powder and whisk together until combined.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, whip butter until light and fluffy.
• Add sugar and beat a few minutes until the butter is lighter in color.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating in between additions; add in vanilla and mix until well blended.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with cider mixture to batter. Mix until just combined. (Overmixing will lead to a dense cake and you want a tight, tender crumb)
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Check at 50 minutes to make sure the edges and top isn't browning. If it is, cover with aluminum foil and continue baking until done.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove it to a wire rack to cool completely.

Caramel Apple Cider Glaze

• Whisk the apple cider,powdered sugar caramel and whipping cream together until smooth and has the consistency of glaze to pour. (Add more cider if it’s too thick or more powdered sugar if it’s too thin.)
• Put glaze in microwave until heated, 30 seconds or so. Pour about 1/3 of glaze slowly back and forth up and down the length of the cooled cake.
• Let glaze set until firm, if you can wait that long!

For the extra umph factor to your pound cake delight

• Heat glaze up in microwave and serve remaining glaze over individual cake servings. You can heat the pound cake up too! 🙂

If you want the extra, extra umph factor

• Add ice cream and just pour the glaze on top of that!

Notes

Truly a wonderful dessert that can be prepared in so many different ways! Cinnamon chips? Cinnamon Spice? Hard Cider?