Apple Snack Cake

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This easy to make apple snack cake is a soft, moist, and tender vegan cake with chunks of fresh apple in every bite, cozy cinnamon, and with the perfect touch of sweetness! This simple snack cake is your comforting and ideal fall bake perfect to satisfy all your sweet cravings.

Why this apple snack cake?

The simple answer is this cake is simple and cozy! With no fancy ingredients and no tedious procedures, this simple yet tasty cake brings all the comfort you want in a bite. It is just wholesome ingredients and warm spices! Just cozy and comforting! This cake screams fall in every bite.

This apple snack cake, as the name says, is perfect for anyday and everyday too. It is lightly sweet and soft and is totally addictive.

There is tons of apples in this cake in the form of apple sauce and apples. The juicy apple pieces keep the cake moist and tender. And adding flavor to the cake as well.

You can have this cake as such and it doesn't need any icing. However, if you prefer you can dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with caramel syrup. Or even add a streusel topping making it a delicious breakfast coffee cake. The options are limitless as you can add delicious creamcheese or caramel frosting for that extra dessert touch. Make any occasion special with this easy apple cake.

Finally, this cake is vegan. The added silken tofu (instead if eggs) makes the cake even softer. This cake is perfect to serve for any crowd, any occasion.

Ingredients

To make this delicious fall apple snack cake, you will need the following ingredients:

All purpose flour - gives the structure to the cake as it forms the base.

Brown sugar and sugar - sweetens the cake. This recipe uses a mixture of brown sugar and sugar. The brown sugar gives a deeper color and adds a flavor depth.

Vanilla - enhances the flavor and aroma

Apples - the star of the cake. This recipe uses Granny Smith apples.

Silken tofu - the egg substitute in the recipe. It also adds proteins.

Baking soda and baking powder - leavening agents

Apple cider vinegar - makes the cake even fluffier as it reacts with baking soda.

Cinnamon - perfect flavor pair with apples and adds warmth to the cake.

Apple sauce - results in a moist cake.

Oil - any neutral flavor oil will work in this recipe.

What type of apples to use in this recipe?

This recipe uses Granny Smith apples. This variety holds the shape when baked. Basically ,you can use the apples that you will use to bake a pie like Granny Smith, Braeburn, Jonagold etc. Honey crisp may work too. If you have any of these trees in your baackyard, you can just pick the apples and bake this easy apple snack cake.

Servings

This recipe makes two 9-in pans which is great making 24 servings. However, you will be tempted to go second helping very easily as iot is light and tasty. Plan accordingly when you bake this cake as this apple snack cake is great as a dessert as well as a snack. Pack for lunch as a small treat.

Storage

You can store this cake for upto 4-5 days in the refriegartor. Remove the cake from the fridge an hour before when you serve so that it comes back to the room temperature. I haven't tried freezing the cake, it gets empty pretty soon here.

Pan size adjustments

You can use two 9-in round pans to bake the apple snack cake as per the recipe. Instead, use two 8x8-in square pans. However, you can also bake it as a single cake with a 9x13-in pack.

More Apple Recipe

If you love the tart Granny Smith apples, they are great to snack as such. However, you can make delcicious recipes with them, which not limited to apple pie alone. Make this sweet and spicy Apple Pachadi or Apple Rasam. This Apple Pani Puri is our take on the classic Indian street food. Once you taste it, you will make it every year! You can varieties of apples in this Apple Sago Dessert, which is yet another tasty fall dessert!

Further, check out more apple recipes from the blog. A couple of them to note are:

Apple Date Sugar Halwa

Caramel Apple Pie Lassi

Apple Almond Vada

Apple Cider Pull Apart Rolls

Caramel Apple Naan

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