Super Moist Eggless Apple Cake Using Coconut Sugar
The perfect cake to kick off fall, or to use up apples - either way this Super Moist Eggless Apple Cake is the perfect tea cake, and reasonably healthy too. You'll find a secret here to keeping it super moist despite not using eggs. Read on to find out :)
Ingredients
- 500 grams Apple (I used Shimla s- 3 large)
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1 cup Whole wheat flour
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1.5 tsps cinnamon ground
- 1 tsp ginger ground
- 1 cup + 1/4 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Apple cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup Coconut sugar
- 1/2 cup Rice bran oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tbsps sugar granulated
Instructions
- Grease and line a 9 inch square baking tray.
- Peel and core the apples. Finely chop two of the apples, place in a bowl. Cover and keep aside. Chop the other apple into half and slice each half into thin slices and keep aside. Coat with lemon juice if required, to prevent browning.
- Preheat the oven at 180 degrees celsius.
- Add the apple cider vinegar to 1 CUP milk and keep aside for 5 mins.
- In a large bowl, sieve the flours, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder and keep aside.
- In another large bowl, whisk well the coconut sugar, milk with apple cider vinegar, oil, vanilla extract, until well combined.
- To the wet ingredients, add the dry ingredients, stir until combined. Do not over mix. Towards the end, add the finely chopped apples and mix to combine. Add 2 tbsp of milk if if you feel that the batter is too thick.
- Scrape this cake batter into the prepared baking tin.
- Place the sliced apples on top in a single layer, decorating in anyway you like.
- Sprinkle with 2 tbsp granulated sugar and keep in a centered rack to bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
- After 30 minutes of baking, remove the baking tin carefully using oven mitts or a thick kitchen towel and pour 1/4 CUP of milk all over the cake and put it back to bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove after 45 minutes or when a tester poked into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 mins in the tin itself and cut into squares. Serve warm with a dusting of powdered sugar or vanilla custard or whipped cream.
Notes
The apple cake, true to its name is indeed super moist, which is a huge plus for an eggless cake. It is very mildly sweet, so if you like, you can up the sugar to 1 cup.Do try the milk drenching trick and report back how it works for you. If you happen to try this cake, share a picture on Twitter or Instagram, tagging me as @saffrontrail - I'd love to share your pics!
This post is in collaboration with Phalada Agro - the product used is their Organic Coconut Sugar. You can find them on Facebook. You can shop their products from Pureandsure.in
Recipe adapted from Keepitsweetdesserts.com