Apple Pie Cake

I love apple & cinnamon combo....& when you bake it...your home smells soooooooo yummy ;) .....  Here is the recipe of a very simple cake with Apples.

Ingredients 

For Cake

1 1/4 cups Flour (OR 1/4 cup whole wheat + 1 cup plane flour)

1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

1/4 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 cup Olive Oil, or 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened

1/4 cup Soymilk + 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar (or lemon juice)

1 tbsp Cornflour mixed with 1/2 Cup Water

1 tsp Vanilla Essence 

1/2 tbsp Sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, for topping.

For Apple Pie Filling

3 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup regular sugar

juice of 1/2 lime

1 tsp cinnamon powder

2 tbsp water

1 tbsp cornflour 

Method

For Apple Pie Filling

In a saucepan, place the apples, sugars, lime juice, cinnamon powder & cook on medium heat until the apples are cooked through.

Once the apples are cooked, mix the cornflour with the water to form a paste & add this paste into the apple mixture. 

Cook on low heat until the liquids thicken & form a smooth mixture. 

Keep aside to cool.

For Cake

Preheat oven to 180º C.

Combine all the dry ingredients of the cake & mix well. 

Add all of the liquid ingredients & fold the batter until just combined. 

The batter should be thick & nearly dough-like, as this will prevent the filling from sinking to the bottom of the pan.

How to Proceed

Spread 1/2 of the batter in the bottom of a greased baking dish.

Add apple pie filling evenly over the top.

Spoon the rest of the batter over the top.

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.

Bake for 80 to 90 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Be sure not to under bake. 

Cover the cake with aluminum foil for the last 20-30 minutes to prevent over-browning.

Remove cake from oven and let cool before serving. 

It’s just as good or better the next day.

Tips

* If you are in a hurry, you can use ready made apple pie filling instead of making it fresh.

* You can make the apple pie filling a day before & refrigerate it.

* You can also use normal milk or water instead of the soy milk.

* If using salted butter then avoid adding pinch of salt.

* You can spoon the second layer of batter in clumps, leaving some of the apple filling showing through. (Batter is thick so sometimes it's not easy to spread it evenly).

* This cake really taste better when served warm with vanilla ice-cream.

* Sprinkling sugar & cinnamon gives a beautiful finish to the top so don't forget to do it before baking.