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It?s definitely October, but here in Los Angeles it feels like summer is never going to end. We?ve suffered another heatwave this week and I am craving a change in the weather. I remember feeling antsy about the lagging change in seasons when I lived in Chicago, too – for the opposite reason of course. A snow shower in late April would completely crush my spirit. It?s pretty ironic how excited I am for cooler weather when that?s all I wanted to get away from most of my adult life. All of this is to say, this Vegan Apple Cider Cake with Maple Glaze gave me the taste of autumn I?ve been wanting for weeks. 

I have to confess: baking makes me nervous. Cooking is so much more relaxed for me. I can add a little bit of this or that to a dish until I?m happy with it. When developing recipes like this Vegan Apple Cider Cake with Maple Glaze, I cross my fingers and hope for the best. Luckily, this fall dessert recipe came out absolutely delicious on the first try. The cake itself is perfectly moist and not overly saccharine, an ideal pairing for the sweet maple glaze to be drizzled on top. 
Did you know that a bundt cake is just a regular cake baked in a funky pan" Spoiler alert: I learned this fact during the process of making my upcoming cookbook, Vegan Boards, which has a mini bundt cake board in it. I used a 9-inch bundt cake pan and the batter filled it a little more than halfway. This ended up bein...