This easy moist vegan Apple cake is made with whole wheat flour , homemade unsweetened applesauce and a hint of cinnamon. It makes a great tea time cake to enjoy this fall !! And why only fall , apples are available throughout the year so you have a very strong reason to make it in every season. This easy apple cake recipe is dairy free, egg free made with whole wheat flour . It has no butter , no all purpose flour and made with simple pantry ingredients that you may have at home right now. Want this apple cake gluten free ??? then I have easy fool proof substitutes for you too.
The secret of this moist vegan apple cake is addition of homemade applesauce. You guysss !!!! making Applesauce at home is so darn easy . Here is a quick recipe for it if you are interested. Store bought unsweetened applesauce works great too.Just take a minute and look at the cake photo . It is airy and fluffy without addition of eggs.
There is something about fall !! I feel like baking everyday . And everything I bake needs to have a hint of heart warming spices. Apple and cinnamon are like a match made in heaven. You can add ginger , nutmeg , cloves or even cardamom to this apple cake . Or even chai spice or pumpkin spice will taste great. At least some kinda spice is strongly recommended . It just takes you cake to a whole new level .
This spiced apple cake tastes so good straight out of the oven . A warm slice of this loaf beside piping hot coffee or tea… yummmm . Does life get better than this???
Forget about dressing up this cake with any sugary drizzle or frosting. I am saving you from all that extra work . Simple is beautiful !!! And trust me you will love every bite of this cake .
Ingredients for this moist vegan apple cake recipe –
I have an uncomplicated list of ingredients for this Apple Cake . I made this apple cake with simple ingredients that might be lying in your kitchen right now or you can find it easily in grocery stores.
This vegan apple cake features ingredients like whole wheat flour, almond flour , oil , unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon to name a few.
I have some easy replacements for these ingredients in my recipe notes that will work great too!
I have baked this Apple cake in a loaf pan . Feel free to use one 8 ” or 9 ” round pan for the same . You may even use a 6-7 cup bundt pan to bake this Apple cake.
How to make Moist Vegan Apple Cake –
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Moist Vegan Apple Cake
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
- 210 grams / 1 ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- 32 grams / ¼ cup Almond flour not almond meal (see notes)
- ½ cup granulated raw sugar or your choice ( not confectioners)
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon see notes
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Liquid ingredients
- 240 ml / 1 cup Unsweetened Applesauce homemade or store-bought
- 79 ml / ⅓rd cup Veg oil of your choice *
- 120 ml / ½ cup almond milk or milk of your choice at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon distilled white vinegar see notes *
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180 degrees C
Preparing the pan
- Grease a loaf pan or one 8 “ round pan with oil on the base and on the side . Now sprinkle some flour and dust the entire pan .
- Cut a parchment paper rectangle for the base of loaf pan or circle for the round pan .
- Place the prepared parchment in the pan and set aside.
Preparing the batter -
- In a bowl whisk in sugar , milk and vinegar until sugar dissolves fairly.
- Now add in all the other liquid ingredients called for and whip it for a minute.
- In another bowl sift in all the dry ingredients.
- Now pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ones and mix gently with the spatula. Now whip it until the batter is lump free and smooth.
- Whip in a circular motion clockwise. Do not over whip.
- Now pour the batter in the prepared pan and bake it on the middle rack for 35-40 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean or with few crumbs. ( Not liquid batter. )
- Once baked remove the pan from the oven .
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes .
- Now gently loosen the sides of the cake with a butter knife and invert it on a cooling rack.
- Lift up the pan , peel off the parchment paper and let the cake cool completely before slicing.
- Serve this apple cake warm or cold along with tea or coffee .
Notes
Nutrition
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Thanks for the recipe. However I felt that the cake did not have any flavour of apples. What can be done to enhance the apple flavour without adding any artificial apple flavourants. Secondly incase I want to incorporate jams within the cake, how do I substitute the liquids and sugar. Your reply will really help me. Thanks so much.
Hello Mansi, thank you for your feedback. Apple cake always has a subtle flavor. You may add chopped apples to this batter for more. I suggest not to use jams directly inside the cake as it has high sugar content and will make the cake more sticky as opposed to fluffy.
Awesome recipe! so moist and delicious. I used normal milk and sprinkled walnuts on top. Perfect with tea. Used your homemade apple sauce recipe. It was lovely. The cake crumbled a little while slicing a piece because it was so soft and fluffy, but hopefully it will by putting it in the fridge. Thank you for this recipe! I will def be making it again and again.
Thank you for trying this cake Akshu. Always cut the cake after it’s cooled down completely.
Beautiful and moist. This doesn’t disappoint! Thank you. I loved it!
Thank you for the wonderful feedback Jacq!
I modified this recipe as per notes. I made gluten free apple cake and nut free too. Bang on . My son is allergic to many things and this is his favorite snack now a days. Thank you.
Happy to know this Penelope. Thank you for a wonderful feedback.
Turned out awesome!I added some chai spice too. Yum
Chai spice sounds yum
You mention distilled white vinegar and then “see notes” but can’t see anything on the notes. Please could you let me know if the cake needs this or what could be substituted?
Oh I am sorry , I will update it right now. Yes you need some acid for soda to react. I am updating the substitutes . Please have a look again
This turned out better than I expected. I generally get nervous baking without eggs. But this cake with applesauce was really moist . Thumbs up.
I made this using gluten free flour as mentioned. Turned out quiet well. I have added some pecans too. It’s lovely with my tea. Thank you!
Looks delicious Khushboo. I can’t wait to try. Can I use regular cow milk
Yes Sakshi you can use milk of your choice. Do let me know how it turned out for you.