Vegan Apple Cake

Vegan Apple Cake

from theplantbasedschool.com
70 min
10 servings

This vegan apple cake is soft, moist, and packed with apple pieces. It's an easy, one-bowl recipe made with seven simple ingredients.You won't believe how soft, moist and easy this cake is. We love it so much that we even made a whole-wheat one and one filled with our mouthwatering vegan custard.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plant milk (soy, almond, oats)
  • ¾ cup sugar (plus 2 tbsp to sprinkle on top)
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil (sunflower oil, canola oil, or melted vegan butter)
  • 2 cups flour (all-purpose, wholewheat, or 50% all-purpose and 50% wholewheat (see notes below for more info))
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3 teaspoons cinnamon (or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract with wet ingredients) —- I use 3 tbs cinnamon AND 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 - 4 medium apples

Directions

  1. 1

    Oil the sides of your pan and dust them with flour. Line the bottom with parchment paper.Preheat the oven to 360°F or 180°C.

  2. 2

    To a medium bowl, add the wet ingredients: plant milk, oil, and sugar. Whisk to combine.

  3. 3

    Sift in the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt.

  4. 4

    Whisk with a hand mixer for a few seconds till you have a smooth and thick cake batter. Do not over-mix, or the cake will turn out gummy.You can also stir the batter with a whisk or a silicon spatula.

  5. 5

    Add small apple pieces from 2 apples (about 11 ounces or 300 grams of apple chunks). Apples should be cored and seeds removed. You can keep the peel on.

  6. 6

    Fold in with a spatula until the apple pieces are well incorporated into the batter, then pour it into the cake tin.

  7. 7

    Cover the top of the cake with thin apple slices in a circular pattern, overlapping the slices a bit. Finally, sprinkle the apples with 2 tablespoon of sugar.

  8. 8

    Bake the cake at 360°F or 180°C for 55 minutes to 1 hour on the center rack of the oven.Take out of the oven and let cool down for about 1 hour. Then sprinkle with some powdered sugar if you want.TIP: bake on a baking rack, not on a baking tray, because the tray will get too hot and might overcook the base of the cake.