Maple Apple Pecan Mini-bundts

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box cake mix (without pudding)
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups peeled finely chopped apples
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup pure maple syrup
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 in large mixer bowl, combine first eight ingredients.
• 2 mix at low speed about 1 minute; beat at medium speed about 2 minutes.
• 3 fold in apples and pecans.
• 4 fill each hole in well-greased mini-bundt pans (12 capacity) with 1/2 cup batter.
• 5 bake in a preheated 350 f oven until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (23 to 26 minutes).
• 6 let cool in pan 10 minutes; invert onto cooling rack.
• 7 prepare maple drizzle by combining 1 cup pure maple syrup and 1/2 cup chopped pecans in a small microwavable bowl.
• 8 microwave on high until hot (30 to 45 seconds).
• 9 poke holes in cakes with skewer or long tined fork; slowly pour drizzle over cakes.
• 10 note: because i didn't have mini-bundt pans, i made mine in large cupcake pans, using paper liners.
• 11 they baked in the same amount of time and made the same number.
• 12 i kept them in the pans while drizzling with the syrup, just to avoid wasting any of that good stuff.