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Apple Vegan Cake

Apple Vegan Cake

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Apple Vegan Cake

Apple vegan cake

Apple vegan cake is a delicious, egg-less and dairy-free cake. Apple Vegan Cake is easy and basic. Cake has a soft and moist texture. It is hard to believe that this is vegan.
4.32 from 16 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour maida, plain flour
  • 1-1/2 Tbsp corn starch corn flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/3 cup oil canola or any vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1-1/2 cups apple sauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp powdered sugar for garnishing

Instructions
 

  • Pre heat the oven to 350°F
  • Square 8- inch cake pan, line with parchment paper and grease bottom and sides of the pan.
  • Mix the dry ingredients together except sugar, flour, corn starch, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.
  • In a different bowl whisk oil and sugar together for about 2 minutes add apple sauce and vanilla extract mix it well.
  • Add the dry ingredients to apple mix and mix it together gently making sure all the ingredients mix together well.
  • Pour the mixture to cake pan and bake around 28 minutes, until cake begins to pull away from sides and/or toothpick inserted in the center pulls out clean.
  • Let it sit for about 20 minutes bring to room temperature and slice the cake into 16 square pieces.
  • Before serving lightly dust with powder sugar.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Comments

61 responses to “Apple Vegan Cake”

  1. Dipti Shikha

    5 stars
    Can I use Yellow corn flour instead of cornstarch?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Dipti, that will not work

  2. Anita

    5 stars
    For my first foray into vegan baking, I tried this recipe as it had straightforward ingredients and egg replacements that I had to hand. Such a lovely cake, light, moist and not too sweet for my taste. A real hit with the non-vegans as well as the vegans.

    1. Manjula Jain

      Anita, Thanks

  3. Az

    4 stars
    Apple Vegan cake was good . I added apples to recipe. I also will use agave as a substitute for sugar in the future. Thanks for sharing

  4. Selena

    4 stars
    I loved this cake. It’s simple, delicious and very moist. My only problem was with the baking time. At 28 minutes it was extremely under-baked. I added about 10 minutes to the time, and it was still slightly underdone. Next time, I’ll bake it longer, maybe 45 minutes. But loved the flavor and added walnuts for some crunch. Yum! Thank you Manjula for another great recipe!

    1. Manjula Jain

      Selena, I think it because of the oven

  5. Teresa

    5 stars
    I absolutely love this recipe! I’ve tried it twice now and it always comes out perfect! I replaced sugar with brown sugar, and used 1 TBSP of cinnamon. I’ll never use boxed spice cake again.

    1. Manjula Jain

      Teresa, thank you

  6. AuntieSarcasEm Amanda

    5 stars
    I made this last week after seeing this on your YouTube channel and here. It was fantastic!! I followed your recipe exactly, except I only had self rising flour, so I cut out the salt and baking soda (should I still add it to make it more like yours, even with self rising flour?). It had to be cooked about 15 minutes longer than listed (I think mainly due to a slight warp on my oven door, causing it to gap open about 1/16 of an inch. It still turned out done, but gooey (not the sticky, nasty way) on the inside, and crispy/chewy on the outside. I loved it!! Being a vegan for 18 years now, (since I was a teen) I’m very dedicated to this lifestyle, and love adding in new recipes. I’m making it again tomorrow, but I’m a bit low on sugar, I do hope it turns out like last time, but more cakey like yours would be fantastic too. Thanks so much for sharing this vegan gem!

  7. deepika singh

    5 stars
    By the way, everyone likes cake, but i like something more. I have eaten a lot of cakes but it look very good and tasty. Today is my fast ,i’ll definitely try this tomorrow
    Thank you

  8. Frubites

    5 stars
    Simple yet yummy recipe of a Vegan cake. Must try at home recipe!!

  9. Tripti

    Really yummy recipe !!

  10. Thara

    5 stars
    Thanks, Manjula, for a super easy recipe. The cake turned out great. I might reduce the oil the next time, since it seemed a bit too moist. I had to bake a few minutes longer since the center of the cake took longer to set. I plan on trying pumpkin puree next time. Perhaps even a bit of oat flour and white whole wheat flour. This recipe seems very adaptable to other variations. Thank you!

  11. Kay

    Manjula, in my family we don’t consume oil (any kind). How can I replace it? Maybe more apple sauce? thanks for the amazing recipes!!

    1. Manjula Jain

      Kay, I have no suggestions but try and I and many viewers will like to know the result.

  12. Aparna Datt

    4 stars
    Dear Manjula , thanks for this recipe. Very new and innovative. Can you please list the oils that can be used for baking cakes . I am in India.

    1. Didina

      Aparna, coconut oil should work, you could also try peanut, sunflower or rapeseed oil, but they contain a lot of omega 6 so I prefer sticking to oils that contain less of them (if you are vegetarian you probably get enough omega 6 already)

  13. Pri

    How long can we store this cake at room temperature in winter (40 degrees F)? Thanks!

    1. Manjula Jain

      Pri, I can just tell you my experience, I had it out for 4 days.

  14. Shikha

    Can we make cake in microwave convection. . And how. How can we preheat it to 350 degree….

  15. Nupur

    How to make Apple sauce?

    1. Rosy Haque

      how to make apple sauce?

      1. Manjula Jain

        Rosy, apple sauce is easy to prepare and you will find many good recipes on google search

  16. Pulie

    Thanks for the recipe. Made it with my 2 little boys last night. Easy to make and was delicious and moist. I reduced the amount of sugar to 1/3 cup and it turned out excellent. My Vegan friends at work enjoyed it too.

  17. Shilpi

    Hi, can I leave out cornstarch? Thanks

    1. Manjula Jain

      Shilpi, yes

  18. Annu

    I tried. It was delicious. Thanks 4 sharing this recipe

  19. Ira

    Today I ‘ve tried apple vegan cake, in muffin cake pan and a flat cake pan. It was so delicious that I made it two times. So easy to make. Thank you Manjula for your receipt. You’ re the best.

    1. Manjula Jain

      Ira, thank you

  20. Gayathri

    Can we make apple cake without nutmeg and all measurement should be made in cups ? Like apple sauce n maid

    1. Manjula Jain

      Gayathri, yes you do not need to use nutmeg

      1. Gayathri

        Thanks manjula

  21. Sunita

    If we don’t have oven then how will v cook the cake

    1. Greeg Yooona

      You can make vegan apple cake without oven, but it won’t taste very good. if you don’t have oven I recommend leaving out every thing except the apple sauce. Just eat the apple sauce. Let us know how it turned out.

      1. Chera

        5 stars
        Greeg, some cakes can be baked on low heat in the pressure cooker. That is why Sunita was asking. There is a time and place for sarcasm and this is not it.
        Manjula, Thank you for this. I made it in bundt pan. It came out beautiful and delicious.

  22. Jay

    Lovely recipe. Can we make the same recipe without any gluten in it. If yes then what substitute would you recommend?

    Thank you

  23. Vaishnavi

    If ready-made apple sauce is not available then are there any other options?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Vaishnavi, you can make home made apple sauce check out some recipes on google

  24. Rupali

    Can we use fresh apples instead of sauce? If so then how?

  25. Sandhya

    I donot want to use All purpose flour for cakes, How can I make using wheat flour ? Have tried but it does not come out very fluffy.Any tips please
    Thank you

    1. Manjula Jain

      Sandhya, I have the same experience with using whole wheat flout,

    2. Denis

      Substitute 1/2 rice flour & 1/2 potato flour.

  26. Sarika

    Can we use extravergin olive oil which is indicated for baking and cooking??

    1. Manjula Jain

      Sarika, yes

      1. Didina

        Yes you can but be careful that your oil is light-tasting, otherwise it could leave a strong olive taste. It happened to me once and it ruined the cake. But light EVO oil is fantastic for baking.

  27. Vasanti

    What is apple sauce can I make it at home

    1. Manjula Jain

      Vasanti, chop the apple very fine or shred then cook over low flame with little sugar.

  28. Supriya

    What is Apple sauce?

  29. Deepika

    Very nice man July ji. Can I use whole wheat instead of maid a in this cake?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Deepika I have never tried but I know it will be very dry

  30. Sunita Davda

    Did you make the apple sauce or buy the ready made?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Sunita Davda, I used ready made

  31. Vasu

    How to make apple sauce

  32. Shilpa

    How is apple sauce made. I have fresh large quantity of fresh apples

    1. Manjula Jain

      Shilps, shred or chop the apples in very small pieces then cook over low flame with sugar.

  33. Shubhi Jain

    Apple Vegan Cake. A simple recipe but delicious, I have noted down and today’s special in my kitchen is gonna this recipe. Will post the taste and experience.

    1. Manjula Jain

      Shubhi Jain, thank you

  34. Uma sailaja

    Can we use pressure cooker to make this cake

    1. Manjula Jain

      Uma, I have never made cake in pressure cooker

    2. Denis

      No pressure cooker, but you can 2 Tbl. corn starch and steam this cake gently, at least 30 minutes…

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