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Spiced Vegan Apple Cake - rich, moist sponge brimming with soft apples and warming spices #vegan #veganbaking #applecake #veganrecipes | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Vegan Apple Cake

Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 80 mins | Total: 95 mins | Quantity: 8-10 slices

Ingredients

  • 4 Golden Delicious apples
  • 1/2 tblsp coconut oil
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • 1 + 1/2 cups (250g) plain flour
  • 3/4 cup (120g) coconut sugar
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup (60g) ground almonds
  • 1 cup (240ml) apple juice
  • 1/3 cup (65ml) vegetable oil
  • 1 tblsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions

  1. Start by by cooking the apples - peel, remove the core and cut the flesh into smallish chunks. Put into a medium saucepan with the coconut oil, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice and cover with a lid
  2. Bubble gently over a low-medium heat for 5 minutes, remove the lid, give a good stir and bubble without the lid for a further 10 minutes until the apple pieces are still whole but quite soft. Set aside to cool
  3. Preheat your oven to 160 Fan / 180 C / 350 F / Gas 4 and grease an 8 inch (20cm) loose bottomed cake tin. You can also dust with a little extra plain flour if your tin is like mine and losing its non-stick! Shake out any excess flour
  4. Into a large mixing bowl put the flour, sugar, soda, baking powder and ground almonds and mix together
  5. In a smaller bowl whisk together the apple juice, oil and vinegar then add to the bowl of dry ingredients along with the apple and mix well, scraping up from the bottom of the bowl so you don't get pockets of raw flour
  6. Tip into your prepared tin (see note) and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer or cocktail stick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean
  7. 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!
  8. Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container for a couple of days. You might extend its life by storing in the fridge but this might also make the cake a little more firm

Notes

  • For the cake topping you can use sugar, icing sugar or maple syrup. If you're using sugar sprinkle a tablespoon or two across the top of the cake before baking. For syrup, brush the cake immediately after you take it out of the oven. For icing sugar dust the top of the cake once you've removed it from the tin

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