This Easy Apple Cake Recipe Is The Best Dessert

Mireille · 12/08/2018 at 12:26 am

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That sounds a little dramatic but I promise you will love this cake. Because it is soft and moist without a hint of butter. So, make and eat it in the morning with coffee, in the afternoon with tea or save it all for dessert. Want to learn how you can make this apple cake recipe? Let’s get started!

What You Need For This Recipe

You might think me crazy when I say easy apple cake when you see all the ingredients you need. Bear with me and make sure you have all the ingredients below.

Apples
Lemon juice
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Apple sauce
Almond milk

For the cake mix you need:

Plain flour or cake flour
Baking powder
Castor sugar
Pinch of salt
Icing sugar

Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.

How To Make Easy Apple Cake

To make the apple cake recipe start by lining the base and sides of the spring form with baking paper. Use cooking spray or oil to make it stick to the cake pan.
Preheat the oven to 350℉/175°C. Peel and core the apples and cut one apple into about 16 to 20 slices. Sprinkle lemon juice on the sliced apple to prevent it from going brown. Set aside.
Take the second apple. Cut into 4 pieces and grate the apple. It is almost an apple sauce but a little thicker.
Put the apple sauce, and grated apple in a bowl and add the vanilla extract. Beat the mixture then add the first egg.
Beat until absorbed before adding the remaining eggs. Then add the almond milk. Beat until light and creamy and set aside.
Sift the flour in a bowl, and add the sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients through.
Add half the flour mixture to the wet ingredient mixture and stir well until smooth.
Once the batter is smooth add the remaining flour mixture and keep on stirring the batter until smooth. Do not overmix.
Now it is time to pour the batter into the spring form. Then take the sliced apples and overlap the apples in a circle on top of the batter.
Bake the apple cake in the oven for 1 hour then check if the cake is done with a skewer. Let the spring form cool for at least 10 minutes before removing the spring form.
Your apple cake recipe is ready to serve.

Easy Apple Cake Recipe

Apple is without a doubt one of my favorite fruits to eat or make dessert with. There are so many different apples that all have their own taste.

From really sweet to sour tasting. As you can turn apples into apple sauce or grate an apple you have the perfect replacement for butter.

Apple has a lot of fructose which also results in calories still if you want to reduce your butter intake or when you are dairy intolerant you have an alternative.

My mother would put whole pieces of apple into her cakes. I used a grated apple that dissolves in the cake and slices on top to decorate the cake.

The cake turns into an apple sponge which is so soft. To bake a cake, you can use a loaf-type pan or a round springform. As the batter was more than could fit in my cake pan, I used a 12″-inch springform.

To make certain your cake comes out of the springform easily line the bottom and side with parchment paper.

To make it stick to the springform spray and brush a little bit of cooking spray in your springform. This will help the parchment paper stick to the springform.

Another tip that I learned from my mom is to let the cake cool before removing the springform. If you are as curious as I am to see the result, try a little patience.

Let the cake cool for at least 10 minutes before removing the spring.

How To Store Apple Cake

Once you made your cake and do not serve it all at once you have several ways to store the leftover cake:

Room temperature – you can keep a cake at room temperature for 1 to 3 days. Wrap with plastic wrap and put it in an airtight container or wrap the cake in foil
Refrigerator – if you have dairy products in the cake and want to keep it longer you can store it in the fridge. Make certain you wrap the cake tightly with plastic wrap or in an airtight food container as the fridge dries out the cake
Freezer – if you want to keep it even longer then slice the cake before storing it in the freezer. Wrap the slices individually with plastic wrap or foil. You can store it in the freezer for at least two months

More Apple Dessert Recipes

If you like this apple cake recipe you will love these apple recipes as well:

Apple pie taquitos – made with apple pie filling
Dutch apple pie – this traditional Dutch apple pie recipe is perfect for dessert
Beignets – Easy apple beignets are also made with apple pie filling
Sweet organic apple pie galette – a vegan apple pie recipe with a crunchy crust
Apple tortilla bites – can be eaten any time of the day a great snack
Vegan chocolate muffin – you can’t tell but this muffin is made with apple sauce

Have fun with this apple cake recipe!

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Apple Cake Recipe

Mireille

Serves: 10 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 60 minutes

This is an easy apple cake recipe that is great with coffee, tea or dessert. This apple cake is dairy free so no regular milk and butter.

Ingredients

1 sliced apple
1 grated apple
100 gr apple sauce
60 ml almond milk
10 ml lemon juice
3 eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
CAKE MIX:
1¾ cups plain flour
5 gram baking powder
170 gram castor sugar
Pinch of salt
Icing sugar

Instructions

Line the base and sides of the spring form with baking paper
Preheat oven to 350℉/175°C. Peel and core the apples. Cut the fist apple in 16 to 20 slices. Sprinkle lemon juice on the sliced apple. Grate the second apple in a separate bowl and set aside
Put the apple sauce, grated apple and vanilla extract in a bowl. Beat the mixture then add the eggs in one at a time
Then add the almond milk. Beat until light and creamy and set aside
Sift the flour in a bowl with sugar, baking powder and salt. Add half the flour mixture to wet ingredient mixture and stir well until smooth
Add the remaining flour mixture and keep on stirring the batter until smooth. Do not over mix
Pour the batter into the spring form. Put the sliced apples and overlap the apples in a circle on top of batter
Bake in the oven for 1 hour. Check if the cake is done if a skewer comes out clean
Let the spring form cool for at least 10 minutes before removing the spring form
Serve