Welcome to autumn, with days getting cooler and darker and Christmas trinkets on show in most supermarkets, it’s most definitely right here regardless of me making an attempt to be in denial 🙂 – I imply didn’t we simply have a heatwave every week and a half in the past? I shall open the proceedings with a quintessentially autumnal dessert, which sits firmly amongst my private favourites – vegan apple cake.
This vegan apple cake is very easy to make – one bowl type of simple. It’s moist, studded with apple items, aromatic with spices (I really like each cinnamon and cardamom in my apple cake), with simply the correct amount of sweetness and topped with a layer of crunchy crumble. What’s to not like? You possibly can get pleasure from it by itself or with a scoop of vegan ice-cream or vegan custard in case you are feeling exuberant. I hope you’ll get pleasure from it as a lot as we’ve got!
I made my cake with candy consuming apples from my backyard (which in some way have survived my negligent reign) as we at all times get so many we wrestle to eat them and provides them away earlier than they go off. You might use bitter apples, like Bramley right here within the UK, and maybe a contact extra sugar within the batter in the event you desire a bit extra sweet-sour distinction in your apple desserts.
Prep the apples and mix moist elements in a big mixing bowl. If utilizing muscovado sugar like I did, crumble it along with your fingers first because it tends to clump up rather a lot, however don’t sweat it if a number of lumps get by.
When you mix all of the moist elements, sift by dry elements in two to 3 batches mixing effectively after every batch. To minimise lumps, combine by making small circles in the midst of the bowl, making them progressively bigger and due to this fact incorporating an increasing number of flour.
Add cubed apples, combine totally then switch to a ready baking tin. Prime the batter with fanned apple slices and transfer on to make the crumble topping.
Make the crumble topping in a small bowl then scatter over the apples. Bake till the highest is golden brown and the skewer comes out clear.
- 300 g / 10.5 oz consuming apples, plus 1 extra to brighten
- 100 g / ½ cup impartial oil (I used gentle olive oil)
- 175 g / heaped ¾ cup muscovado sugar, I used gentle and darkish
- 7 ml / ½ tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 7 ml / ½ tbsp vanilla extract, (non-compulsory)
- 240 ml / 1 cup soy milk (oat or almond work too)
DRY INGREDIENTS
- 250 g / 2 cups all objective flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon + ½ tsp floor cardamom (freshly floor is greatest!)
- ¾ tsp baking soda (GF licensed if wanted)
- 1½ tsp baking powder (GF licensed if wanted)
CRUMBLE TOPPING
- 45 g / 1/3 cup flour
- 25 g / 2 tbsp sugar (I used demerara sugar)
- 35 g / 2 heaped tbsp softened vegan butter, I used Violife
METHOD
- Set the oven temperature to 160° C / 320° F (no fan), grease and line a 20 cm / 8 inch spherical tin with baking paper.
- Minimize the apples for the cake into small (about 0.75 cm / 0.3 inch) cube. I stored the pores and skin on however you may peel them in the event you’d somewhat. Minimize the apple for adornment into skinny slices. Put aside.
- In a big bowl, mix, olive oil, apple cider vinegar and vanilla extract. Progressively combine in sugar – use your fingers to interrupt up lumps however don’t fear if there are a number of lumps left. Add in soy milk and blend to mix.
- Place a sieve over the bowl and sift dry elements into the moist ones in 2-3 batches, stirring gently after every batch. Use small round movement from the center of the bowl initially to minimise the chance of flour lumps forming.
- Lastly stir by diced apples and switch the combination to the ready baking tin.
- Mix flour and sugar for the topping in a small bowl, add cubed butter and use your fingers to rub the butter into the dry elements till it varieties clumps.
- Organize apple slices on high of the cake and scatter crumble topping on high.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 45-50 minutes, till a toothpick comes out clear.
NUTRITIONAL INFO
*per 1 out of 16 servings
