Double Apple Bundt - Tuesdays with Dorie

Double Apple Bundt

For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Lynne of Honey Muffin chose Double Apple Bundt Cake on pages 184 and 185 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a BUNDT cake recipe. Of course, I'm there. And since we dropped about 50 degrees from last week, it's Fall and a perfect time for an apple Bundt!

And do you know what is coming up? Oh yes, next month we celebrate National Bundt Day (November 15). And who might just be completely insane enough to bring you lots of Bundts before National Bundt Day again? I'll keep you in suspense until October 15th... ;)

(And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, check this out.)

This Bundt is easy to make and pop into the oven. And your house while it is baking? Oh, those air freshener companies should bottle this up! The "double apple" is a combo of apple butter (I used Ha's Farms) and grated apple (I used Gala apples).

I passed on the nuts and raisins to make it more friendly to my co-workers. But the nuts and fruit would be a nice addition I might try later!

Finally, I am trying to help someone find the recipe for an interesting 1945 wedding cake. Can you please take a look and see if you recognize the technique? Here's the post. Phoebe wants to make this cake for her grandparent's 65th (yes, not a typo, 65th!!) wedding anniversary.

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Recipe:
Lynne's Honey Muffin blog, or
Pages 184 and 185 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours

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Apple-Apple Bread Pudding

Apple-Apple Bread Pudding

For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Elizabeth of Cake or Death? decided on Apple-Apple Bread Pudding on pages 408 and 409 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours. Have you visited Liz's blog? It is filled with lovely, absolutely beautiful yumminess. See the wedding cake she made for her brother's wedding!

Layer of brioche, layer of caramelized apples and more brioche. Did I mention the custard infused in all this? Yeah. It's like apple pie AND bread pudding. I know...Shut up! It rocks.

I was really good at math growing up. The only part of chemistry that I liked was converting kilograms to whatchamacallit-grams. I've spent years doing accounting work so Microsoft Excel and I are good friends. But this recipe? I just winged it. I think I made 1/8 or 1/12 or 1/4 of the recipe, but I'm not sure. Anyway, this is yummy so I suggest you make the full recipe! :)

(left) I'm sure some bakers made their own brioche or challah bread. But me? Pressed for time and I really can't have that much bread lying around the house. I picked up these brioche buns at Trader Joe's. (right) Caramelized apples are the filling of this bread pudding.

Apple butter is spread on the bread to give the second "apple" in the Apple-Apple Bread Pudding. Los Angeles Farmer's Market shoppers may recognize Ha's Apples. Ha's Apple Farm of Tehachapi has great apples and pears. And the son looks like a clone of his dad...seriously! Have you seen them? Anyway, you won't be seeing Mrs. Ha dragging anyone on the Maury Povich show.

I knew I wanted to make one large serving in this cute Kings Arthur Individual Pie Slice pans. I got these for my birthday and this was my first time using them! Thanks J for these awesome cute pans!

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Recipe:
Check out Liz's blog: Cake or Death?
Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, page 408

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