Vegan German Apple cake recipe (Versunkener Apfelkuchen)
Vegan German Apple cake recipe is a kind of cake wherein batter is raised above the apple slices placed in batter, thereby sunken the apples.
Ingredients
1 Cup = 200ml
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Oil
- 1/2 cup water or milk
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg Powder
- Salt a pinch
- 1/2 cup apple puree
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 or 4 apples medium to large
Instructions
- Take a bowl and add oil, powdered sugar and water. Whisk to dissolve sugar completely.
- Place a sieve over the bowl and add whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder.
- Sift the ingredients into the bowl.
- Add apple puree, vanilla essence and lemon juice.
- Mix the mixture into a batter using cut and fold method.
- Pour the batter in a cake tin lined with greased butter paper or parchment paper. Keep aside.
- Take 3 to 4 apples, peel their skin and cut into quarters.
- Remove the core and seeds and mark cuts on the wider side of apple quarter. But note that quarters should remain intact from the other end.
- Arrange these apple quarters over the batter having sliced side upwards.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes @ 180°C in the middle rack with both the rods on.
- Insert the toothpick and if it comes out clean it's a sign that cake is baked properly.
- Let the cake cool completely.
- Vegan German apple cake is ready.
- Serve after dusting with powdered sugar.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Apple puree is made by grinding the apples. If finding difficulty in making puree, add a bit of water. However no issues if there remains few chunks of apples