Apple sauce works suprisingly well in a cake and acts as an egg substitute. This cake can easily be vegan if you swap the margarine for a vegan spread. The sweetness of the apples compliments a sponge really well and adds an almost pudding texture to the sponge. This is an impressive cake which is ideal for sharing. The walnuts in the cake work like the perfect marriage with the apples. Treat yourselves to this cake for a wonderfully indulgent afternoon tea.
20 ingredients7 steps
Egg-Free Recipes
Vegetarian
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Method
Step 1
Peel, core and slice the apples and put in a non-stick saucepan. Add the lemon juice and water. Cover and cook over a low heat until broken down into a puree. Uncover, increase the heat slightly and cook for 5 minutes or so, stirring, to cook off the excess moisture. Set aside to cool.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 160°C (fan 140°C, gas mark 3). Grease a non-stick 20cm springform tin and line the base with baking paper.
Step 3
Sift the flours, bicarbonate of soda, spices and sugar into a bowl.
Step 4
Stir in the raisins and walnuts. Weigh out 550g apple purée and stir into the dry ingredients with the oil.
Step 5
Spoon the mixture into the tin, level the top and bake on the middle shelf for 55 - 60 minutes, until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.
Step 6
Meanwhile, put the frosting ingredients - except the walnuts - in a bowl and beat until smooth. Cover and chill.
Step 7
Take out the cake and cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn our onto a wire rack to cool. Spread over the frosting, sprinkle with more cinnamon and decorate with walnuts.
If you're looking for egg substitutes, take a look at our video. This shows you alternative ingredients you could use and the difference between them.
Ingredients
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For The Cake
1kgCooking apples
1 tbspJuice of one whole lemon
2 tbspWater
50mlSunflower oil
100gAllinson's plain white flour
100gAllinson's plain wholemeal flour
1 tbspCornflour
2 tspBicarbonate of soda
0.5 tspCinnamon
0.5 tspCloves
0.5 tspGinger
0.5 tspNutmeg
225gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
100gRaisins
50gWalnuts
For the Frosting
250gMargarine
25gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
2 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
0.5 tspCinnamon
12Walnuts (chopped)
Utensils
20cm
8in spring form cake tin
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
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