
Sweet Bundt Cake with Orange Maple Frosting
by Heather Barnes
This Bundt cake is flavorful, bursting with fall flavors and a hint of tangy citrus in the glaze. The sweet potatoes and applesauce make the texture moist, soft and fluffy!
Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Servings 12 slices
Ingredients
Bundt Cake
- 1 ½ c. mashed sweet potatoes from about 2 medium-sized potatoes; a puree from a can is also fine
- 4 eggs
- 2 c. sugar
- ½ c. olive oil
- ½ c. butter 1 stick
- 1 t. vanilla
- ½ c. unsweetened cinnamon applesauce
- 3 c. flour
- 2 t. baking powder
- 1 ½ t. ground cinnamon
- 1/3 t. baking soda
- ½ t. salt
- 1 t. nutmeg
- 1 ½ t. pumpkin spice
- ¾ c. oat milk
Orange Maple Glaze
- 1 ½ c. powdered sugar
- 1 t. orange zest and save the orange for making orange curls!
- 2 T. orange juice
- 1 t. maple syrup
- Pinch of cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Canola or olive oil spray works best. Make sure the eggs and butter are at room temperature.
- If using raw sweet potatoes, peel and chop the potatoes and either roast them for 1 hour in a 350-degree oven or steam them for 15 minutes, so they are easily mashed. Once cool, mash them, being sure to eliminate all the lumps. You can easily use a can of pureed sweet potatoes as well.
- With a standing mixer or handheld electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar at high speed until fluffy. Reduce speed a little, and add in oil, room-temperature butter and vanilla. Mix to combine, then add in the applesauce.
- In a separate bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. Alternate mixing the oat milk into the flour mixture until smooth. The batter will be pretty thick — this is normal.
- Pour batter into the prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 55 minutes to an hour, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes, then invert Bundt onto a pan to cool completely.
- While the cake is baking, make the glaze. Whisk together all ingredients. If it’s too runny, add a tablespoon of powdered sugar at a time until desired consistency.
- To make orange curls, slice an orange and then slice in half, so you have a half moon shape. Eat the orange and take the peel and curl up like a coil. Squeeze together for 30 seconds, and garnish the cake with it!
Keyword cake, dessert, sweet