This Vegan Apple Cake recipe is an excerpt from Charlotte Roberts’s book Decadent Vegan Cakes. Charlotte is the food blogger, photographer, and recipe developer behind the Charley’s Health blog. Charlotte grew up with a strong passion for both cooking and food in general and as a child always enjoyed helping her Mum bake cakes. She later developed a serious interest in plant-based food and loves exploring different alternative dishes and ingredients.
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Savor the Seasons With This Apple Cake
I would highly recommend making this recipe at any time of year, but its scents and flavors are a little bit more special during the autumn and winter months. It’s the epitome of a cozy, comforting dessert and will have notes of baked apple and warming spices wafting through your kitchen as it bakes.
Ingredients You’ll Need For This Apple Cake
Cake
- Apple cider vinegar
- Soy milk
- Olive oil
- Golden superfine or sugar
- Vanilla paste
- Apple
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Cinnamon
- Mixed spice
- Ginger
- Salt
Crumble Mixture
- Nondairy butter spread
- Golden superfine sugar
- Plain flour
Topping
- Apples
- Anise
How To Make This Vegan Apple Cake
Step 1: Preheat Oven and Prepare Vegan Buttermilk
Preheat your oven to 355 ̊F (180 ̊C) and line an 8-inch (20-cm) loaf pan with parchment paper.
To make the vegan buttermilk alternative, add the apple cider vinegar to the soy milk, stir and let thicken for 5 minutes.
Step 2: Creating the Batter and Merging Ingredients
Beat the olive oil and sugar together, then stir in the buttermilk, vanilla and grated apple. Sift the self-rising flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture along with the cinnamon, mixed spice, ginger and a pinch of salt. Fold the wet and dry ingredients together to combine, then transfer to your loaf pan.
Step 3: Crafting the Crumble and Baking
For the crumble mixture, combine the butter, sugar and plain flour together to form little crumble clusters and scatter these over your loaf. Bake for 40 minutes, until beautifully golden and crisp on top.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack before topping with sliced apples and star anise and slicing into portions.
Apple Cake – Recipe Card
Apple Crumble Loaf Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 15 ml 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 250 ml 8 oz soy milk
- 100 ml 4 oz olive oil
- 160 g ¾ cup golden superfine or granulated sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla paste
- 1 large apple - grated
- 250 g 2 cups self-rising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- Pinch of salt
Crumble Mixture
- 14 g 1 tbsp nondairy butter spread
- 24 g 2 tbsp golden superfine or granulated sugar
- 16 g 2 tbsp plain flour
Topping
- Sliced apples
- Star anise
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 355 ̊F (180 ̊C) and line an 8-inch (20-cm) loaf pan with parchment paper.
- To make the vegan buttermilk alternative, add the apple cider vinegar to the soy milk, stir and let thicken for 5 minutes.
- Beat the olive oil and sugar together, then stir in the buttermilk, vanilla and grated apple. Sift the self-rising flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture along with the cinnamon, mixed spice, ginger and a pinch of salt. Fold the wet and dry ingredients together to combine, then transfer to your loaf pan.
- For the crumble mixture, combine the butter, sugar and plain flour together to form little crumble clusters and scatter these over your loaf. Bake for 40 minutes, until beautifully golden and crisp on top.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack before topping with sliced apples and star anise and slicing into portions.
Reprinted with permission from Decadent Vegan Cakes by Charlotte Roberts. Page Street Publishing Co. 2023. Photo credit: Charlotte Roberts.
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About the Cookbook
Making delicious plant-based cakes is foolproof thanks to this outstanding collection of recipes from blogger Charlotte Roberts. Ranging from mouthwatering layer cakes perfect for a celebration to tasty loaf cakes that can be ready in no time at all, Charlotte’s wide array of bakes has you covered no matter what flavor or style of cake you’re in the mood for. Her crave-worthy recipes include:
• Ultimate Chocolate Fudge Cake
• Gingerbread Latte Layer Cake
• Lemon Curd & Poppyseed Cake
• Apple Crumble Loaf Cake
• The Best Vegan Coconut Cake
• Chocolate Orange Layer Cake
• Strawberry Swirl Cake
• Browned-Butter Chai Cupcakes
• Carrot Cake Loaf
• Pumpkin-Spiced Layer Cake
Bursting with recipes that will bring you back for seconds (and maybe thirds!), as well as all the tips and tricks you need to demystify vegan baking, this will be your go-to guide for vegan cakes for every occasion.
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More Vegan Recipes You Might Like
If you Enjoyed This Apple Cake, You Might Like:
- Vegan Cookie Dough
- Double Chocolate Red Velvet Brownies
- Chocolate Mint Cream Tarts
- Vegan Flaky, Buttery Chinese “Egg” Tarts
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