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This easy spiced vegan apple cake is a rich but light brown sugar sponge brimming with soft apples and warming spices. It makes a perfect autumn dessert or a lovely afternoon treat with a cuppa! Recipe on thecookandhim.com | #vegancake #applecake #veganapplecake #autumnrecipes #fallrecipes

Vegan Apple Cake

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 80 mins | Total: 100 mins | Quantity: 8-10 slices

Ingredients

  • 4 medium sized apples
  • 1 tablespoon (15g) vegan butter or coconut oil
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 cup (240ml) apple juice or plant milk
  • 1/3 cup (65ml) vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 + 1/2 cups (250g) plain flour
  • 3/4 cup (120g) coconut sugar or light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 cup (60g) ground almonds

Instructions

  1. Start by by cooking the apples - peel, remove the core and cut the flesh into medium sized chunks
  2. Put into a saucepan with the butter or coconut oil and cook over a medium heat, stirring from time to time, until just starting to soften. Take off the heat and set aside
  3. Preheat your oven to 160 Fan / 180 C / 350 F / Gas 4 and grease an 8 inch (20cm) loose bottomed cake tin. I also dust my (old) tin with flour, shake out the excess and cut a piece of parchment to fit the base
  4. In a small bowl or jug whisk together the apple juice or milk, oil and vinegar
  5. Into a large mixing bowl put the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and ground almonds and mix together
  6. Add the liquid to the bowl of dry ingredients and mix well, scraping up from the bottom of the bowl so you don't get pockets of raw flour
  7. Stir in the cooked apples
  8. Tip into your prepared tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer or cocktail stick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean
  9. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before carefully turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely - unless you're serving this warm in which case slice away!
  10. Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container for a few days. You might extend its life by storing in the fridge but this might also make the cake a little more firm. The cake can also be sliced and frozen

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/spiced-vegan-apple-cake/