Why This Recipe Works
This tasty, moist apple cake is the perfect quick and easy baking recipe. Made with whole wheat flour, raw sugar, ground spices, and a sweet apple puree, eggless apple cake is a dessert everyone can enjoy and feel good about. Definitely healthier than your usual cakes, this eggless Cake Recipe is actually very light and a bit low in fat with mild apple flavors. I did not include butter and cooked with very little oil. You can even make the recipe a bit more nutritious by experimenting with less oil and using multi grain flours or nut flours. Perfect as a midday snack, this eggless apple cake recipe is originally adapted from my Applesauce Cake, which is another simple recipe where you just need to mix the ingredients with a spatula or spoon. The only prep part of either of these recipes is making the apple puree, but after that, the baking is a breeze!
How to Make Apple Cake
Add Dry Ingredients
- First, combine your flour, salt and seasonings in a sieve. Make sure you don’t miss any of these key ingredients:
Whole wheat flour (1.5 cups or 180 grams)Salt, just a pinch½ teaspoon ground cinnamon¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg or nutmeg powderOptional additions: ½ teaspoon ground allspice and/or ¼ teaspoon ginger powder (ground ginger)
- Next, add both ½ teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder to the dry ingredient mixture. Additionally, it’s important to make sure that your leavening ingredients are fresh and active.
- Then sift the dry ingredients twice and set aside.
Prepare to Bake
- Now grease a round 7.5 or 8-inch pan with a neutral flavored oil. Alternatively, you can also line the pan with parchment. At this point, you should preheat your oven to 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
Make Apple Puree
- Next place 2 cups of chopped apples (rinsed, cored and peeled) and ¾ cup raw sugar in a blender cup or container.
- Blend the apple and sugar mixture to a smooth and fine puree. There should be no chunks of apples! You will see that the color of puree will darken, but there is nothing to worry.
Transfer Apple Puree
- When blended smooth, use a spatula to pour the apple puree into a mixing bowl.
- Now add ¼ cup oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the apple puree. I used sunflower oil, however, you can use any neutral flavored oil if needed. NOTE: For a vegetarian option, use ¼ cup softened butter instead.
Add Liquids
- Now pour ½ cup of water (at room temperature) or any nut milk (almond, cashew or lite coconut milk).
- Add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, lemon juice or white vinegar.
Whisk Puree Mixture
- Then with a wired whisk, stir this mixture briskly for 2 to 3 minutes. You want to make sure that all of the ingredients are evenly mixed.
Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients
- Now add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Gently mix or fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. When mixing the batter together, you want to avoid over working the batter. Use light pressure and be patient because if you over-mix, your cake may not turn out as soft and fluffy. The batter has a medium flowing consistency. NOTE: Break the large lumps of flour by tapping on them with the wired whisk. Tiny lumps are fine.
Pour Batter into Pan
- Next, pour the batter in the prepared pan. Tap the pan lightly on your counter table to let the air bubbles pass — there is no need to spread the batter on top with a spatula, as the batter will spread out on its own.
Bake your Apple Cake
- Finally, it is time to bake at 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for about fifty minutes to one hour. Yes, this cake DOES take a long time to bake — you may even need to add 10-15 minutes onto the cook time depending on your oven. NOTE: Remember that oven temperatures vary, so check if the cake is done or not with a toothpick when the top looks golden.
- Allow the apple cake to bake, then check its doneness with a wooden skewer. You will know your cake is done when the skewer comes out clean with no sticky batter on it.
- When your eggless apple cake is done, place the baking pan on a wired tray and allow to cool at room temperature.
- After cooling, gently use a butter knife to remove the vegan apple cake from the pan.
- Finally, it is time to serve and enjoy your apple cake! Serve at room temperature with tea or coffee.
Storage and Leftovers
Tightly wrap the cake in a cling film or keep the cake in an airtight container and refrigerate. Your leftover apple cake can be refrigerated for a week and frozen for a month.
Expert Tips
Ingredient Swaps
Make it healthy. To make this cake even a little more healthy, you can use wholemeal flour and less oil.Sub your sugar. I used raw sugar in this vegan apple cake recipe, but you can also substitute white sugar, coconut sugar, palm sugar. Alternatively, you can use jaggery or maple syrup in place of sugar, as well.Apple puree. If you have ready to use homemade apple puree, add ¾ cup of it. You could also replace apple puree with ¾ cup of apple sauce. Depending on whether your apple sauce is sweetened or not, you can alter the proportions of sugar as desired. Flour. If you are not a fan of whole wheat flour, then sub it with all-purpose flour or pastry flour. Add about ¼ to ⅓ cup of water if using these flours.
Baking Notes
Keep an eye on the cake. If the top is becoming too brown and the cake is not baked, then cover with a parchment paper and continue to bake.Watch the sweetness. Because you aren’t using sour or tangy apples, there’s a lot of natural sweetness in this cake. You can always balance out that sweetness level by reducing your added sugar to ½ cup. Check the batter. Before baking, the apple cake batter should have a medium flowing-consistency — not thick, but not liquid. The batter should feel light and have volume. Time for baking. Each oven works differently. This vegan apple cake takes more time to bake than your usual cakes. So consider a time period of 45 minutes to 1 hour or more if needed while baking. When you see the top has become golden, check with a wooden skewer. If you see sticky batter on the skewer, then continue to bake further.
Please be sure to rate the recipe in the recipe card or leave a comment below if you have made it. For more vegetarian inspirations, Sign Up for my emails or follow me on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. Moist Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe Easy Banana Cake Recipe (Eggless, Vegan & Whole Wheat) Eggless Vanilla Cake Recipe (Soft and Moist) Orange Cake (Eggless, Vegan & with Whole Wheat flour) This apple cake recipe from the blog archives (July 2013) has been republished and updated on 2 February 2021 with a better recipe and newer photos.
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Why This Recipe Works
This tasty, moist apple cake is the perfect quick and easy baking recipe. Made with whole wheat flour, raw sugar, ground spices, and a sweet apple puree, eggless apple cake is a dessert everyone can enjoy and feel good about. Definitely healthier than your usual cakes, this eggless Cake Recipe is actually very light and a bit low in fat with mild apple flavors. I did not include butter and cooked with very little oil. You can even make the recipe a bit more nutritious by experimenting with less oil and using multi grain flours or nut flours. Perfect as a midday snack, this eggless apple cake recipe is originally adapted from my Applesauce Cake, which is another simple recipe where you just need to mix the ingredients with a spatula or spoon. The only prep part of either of these recipes is making the apple puree, but after that, the baking is a breeze!
How to Make Apple Cake
Add Dry Ingredients
- First, combine your flour, salt and seasonings in a sieve. Make sure you don’t miss any of these key ingredients:
Whole wheat flour (1.5 cups or 180 grams)Salt, just a pinch½ teaspoon ground cinnamon¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg or nutmeg powderOptional additions: ½ teaspoon ground allspice and/or ¼ teaspoon ginger powder (ground ginger)
- Next, add both ½ teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder to the dry ingredient mixture. Additionally, it’s important to make sure that your leavening ingredients are fresh and active.
- Then sift the dry ingredients twice and set aside.
Prepare to Bake
- Now grease a round 7.5 or 8-inch pan with a neutral flavored oil. Alternatively, you can also line the pan with parchment. At this point, you should preheat your oven to 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
Make Apple Puree
- Next place 2 cups of chopped apples (rinsed, cored and peeled) and ¾ cup raw sugar in a blender cup or container.
- Blend the apple and sugar mixture to a smooth and fine puree. There should be no chunks of apples! You will see that the color of puree will darken, but there is nothing to worry.
Transfer Apple Puree
- When blended smooth, use a spatula to pour the apple puree into a mixing bowl.
- Now add ¼ cup oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the apple puree. I used sunflower oil, however, you can use any neutral flavored oil if needed. NOTE: For a vegetarian option, use ¼ cup softened butter instead.
Add Liquids
- Now pour ½ cup of water (at room temperature) or any nut milk (almond, cashew or lite coconut milk).
- Add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, lemon juice or white vinegar.
Whisk Puree Mixture
- Then with a wired whisk, stir this mixture briskly for 2 to 3 minutes. You want to make sure that all of the ingredients are evenly mixed.
Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients
- Now add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Gently mix or fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. When mixing the batter together, you want to avoid over working the batter. Use light pressure and be patient because if you over-mix, your cake may not turn out as soft and fluffy. The batter has a medium flowing consistency. NOTE: Break the large lumps of flour by tapping on them with the wired whisk. Tiny lumps are fine.
Pour Batter into Pan
- Next, pour the batter in the prepared pan. Tap the pan lightly on your counter table to let the air bubbles pass — there is no need to spread the batter on top with a spatula, as the batter will spread out on its own.
Bake your Apple Cake
- Finally, it is time to bake at 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for about fifty minutes to one hour. Yes, this cake DOES take a long time to bake — you may even need to add 10-15 minutes onto the cook time depending on your oven. NOTE: Remember that oven temperatures vary, so check if the cake is done or not with a toothpick when the top looks golden.
- Allow the apple cake to bake, then check its doneness with a wooden skewer. You will know your cake is done when the skewer comes out clean with no sticky batter on it.
- When your eggless apple cake is done, place the baking pan on a wired tray and allow to cool at room temperature.
- After cooling, gently use a butter knife to remove the vegan apple cake from the pan.
- Finally, it is time to serve and enjoy your apple cake! Serve at room temperature with tea or coffee.
Storage and Leftovers
Tightly wrap the cake in a cling film or keep the cake in an airtight container and refrigerate. Your leftover apple cake can be refrigerated for a week and frozen for a month.
Expert Tips
Ingredient Swaps
Make it healthy. To make this cake even a little more healthy, you can use wholemeal flour and less oil.Sub your sugar. I used raw sugar in this vegan apple cake recipe, but you can also substitute white sugar, coconut sugar, palm sugar. Alternatively, you can use jaggery or maple syrup in place of sugar, as well.Apple puree. If you have ready to use homemade apple puree, add ¾ cup of it. You could also replace apple puree with ¾ cup of apple sauce. Depending on whether your apple sauce is sweetened or not, you can alter the proportions of sugar as desired. Flour. If you are not a fan of whole wheat flour, then sub it with all-purpose flour or pastry flour. Add about ¼ to ⅓ cup of water if using these flours.
Baking Notes
Keep an eye on the cake. If the top is becoming too brown and the cake is not baked, then cover with a parchment paper and continue to bake.Watch the sweetness. Because you aren’t using sour or tangy apples, there’s a lot of natural sweetness in this cake. You can always balance out that sweetness level by reducing your added sugar to ½ cup. Check the batter. Before baking, the apple cake batter should have a medium flowing-consistency — not thick, but not liquid. The batter should feel light and have volume. Time for baking. Each oven works differently. This vegan apple cake takes more time to bake than your usual cakes. So consider a time period of 45 minutes to 1 hour or more if needed while baking. When you see the top has become golden, check with a wooden skewer. If you see sticky batter on the skewer, then continue to bake further.
Please be sure to rate the recipe in the recipe card or leave a comment below if you have made it. For more vegetarian inspirations, Sign Up for my emails or follow me on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. Moist Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe Easy Banana Cake Recipe (Eggless, Vegan & Whole Wheat) Eggless Vanilla Cake Recipe (Soft and Moist) Orange Cake (Eggless, Vegan & with Whole Wheat flour) This apple cake recipe from the blog archives (July 2013) has been republished and updated on 2 February 2021 with a better recipe and newer photos.
