Apple cake with oat milk

Name: Apple cake with oat milk
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Golden delicious apples 1.1 lbs; Type 00 flour 2.1 cups; Oat milk 1 cup; Brown sugar 1 cup; Sunflower seed oil 4.7 tbsp; Cinnamon powder to taste; Powdered ginger to taste; Nutmeg to taste; Baking powder 3 ½ tsp; Lemon juice to taste; Fine salt 1 pinch; Sunflower seed oil to taste; Type 00 flour to taste; Golden delicious apples 0.5 lb; Brown sugar 2 ½ tbsp; Powdered sugar to taste

Lactose Free
Vegetarian
Vegan

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Serving: 4
Cost: Low

PRESENTATION

Recipe by
Andrea Capodanno

Apple cake with oat milk skips the butter and eggs entirely — the batter is built on oat milk, flour, and seed oil, and the result is fully vegan without any substitutions that compromise the texture. Golden apples are the variety to use here: sweet enough that they need no help from added sugar, and they hold their shape through baking.

The oat milk earns its place beyond the label. It gives the crumb real softness and a slight richness that keeps the cake from tasting like it's missing something. Cinnamon and ginger are optional, adjustable to taste. It slices cleanly, keeps well on the counter, and works as well at breakfast as it does mid-afternoon — this is a vegan apple cake that doesn't need a reason.

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients (for a 9-inch diameter pan): Golden delicious apples 1.1 lbs (500 g); Type 00 flour 2.1 cups (250 g); Oat milk 1 cup (250 g); Brown sugar 1 cup (200 g); Sunflower seed oil 4.7 tbsp (70 g); Cinnamon powder to taste; Powdered ginger to taste; Nutmeg to taste; Baking powder 3 ½ tsp (16 g); Lemon juice to taste; Fine salt 1 pinch

for greasing and flouring the pan: Sunflower seed oil to taste; Type 00 flour to taste

For garnishing: Golden delicious apples 0.5 lb (210 g); Brown sugar 2 ½ tbsp (30 g); Powdered sugar to taste

Preparation

How to prepare Apple cake with oat milk

To prepare the apple cake without butter, first peel 1.1 lbs of apples for the batter 1, remove the core. You will have 0.8 lbs of pulp to cut into pieces 2. Transfer to a bowl and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent the apple from browning 3.

Sift the flour into a bowl, then add the ground cinnamon 4, ground ginger 5, and ground nutmeg 6.

Add the sugar and salt 7, then mix the dry ingredients with a whisk 8. Pour in the seed oil 9.

Gradually add the plant-based milk 10 while you start mixing with the whisk. Sift in the baking powder 11 and blend it well into the batter 12.

Lastly, add the diced apples (drained from the lemon juice) 13, incorporating them into the mixture with a spatula 14. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9-inch diameter cake pan 15.

At this point, peel and core the apple for decoration: you will have 0.33 lbs of pulp to cut into very thin slices 16. Arrange the slices on the surface of the cake 17 and sprinkle with brown sugar 18.

Bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F for 40-45 minutes 19. Check the cooking with a skewer, then remove from the oven and let it cool completely in the pan 20. Enjoy your apple cake without butter, sprinkled with powdered sugar 21!