Fall is all about baking delicious, red and gold desserts with apples, like this vegan French apple tart, vegan apple pull apart bread and vegan tarte tatin. Another favorite for me this time of year is this yummy vegan apple cake topped with a sticky, buttery caramel sauce. This is an incredibly easy dessert to make, and the caramel sauce, although scrumptious and easy too, is optional. The cake itself is a revelation: the apples melt down into juicy little pockets that dot the moist, tender crumb with walnuts adding nutty crunch. If you are looking to make this dessert healthier, you can easily substitute the flour for whole wheat pastry flour, with amazing results. The cake is relatively lower in fat and it’s loaded with one of the healthiest fruits you can eat!
Why you will love this recipe
Delicious and healthy-ish! The cake has a moist, tender crumb, thanks to the apples, and the sticky caramel makes it incredibly yummy. If you are a health fiend you can make this apple cake with whole wheat pastry flour, which gives a perfect result. Easy recipe. The cake is a one-bowl recipe and you can bake it in any cake pan you have. I used a bundt pan to make it pretty, but if you have a regular round cake tin or a square brownie pan you can use those as well! Make-ahead friendly. This vegan apple cake can be stored in the fridge for up to a week, or it can be frozen for up to three months. Soy-free and vegan. You can skip the nuts if you are nut-free.
Ingredients
For optional caramel glaze
Sugar. Use any granulated sugar, I used turbinado sugar. Nondairy milk. This helps make the caramel glaze creamier. Use oat milk, soy milk, almond milk or any non-dairy milk of your choice. Vegan butter. This gives that amazing buttery flavor to the glaze.
How to make vegan apple cake
Storage suggestions
Refrigerate: The apple cake can be stored in the fridge for up to a week. Freeze: Wrap the cake in two layers of freezer wrap or store it in a freezer-safe container. Thaw completely to room temperature before serving.
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