Plant-based German-style apple cake (Apfelkuchen-inspired)
🍰🗑️🤔 Did you know that you can freeze an apple cake? Just wrap it well and place it in a ziplock bag or plastic container. It will freeze for up to 3 months.
🌱🇩🇪 Ellen joined A Grandchild in My Kitchen, Grandma Sita’s plant-based cooking challenge of getting inspired by worldwide family dishes to twist them into delicious new plant-based meals. So let’s bake delicious German-style apple cake. Like most traditional cakes the ingredients are simple but the outcome is wonderful.
🍎😋 This Apfelkuchen recipe inspired by the popular Apfelkuchen, a classic German dessert lends itself well to adaptation. You can also substitute with pears, apricots, plums, or peaches, so have fun experimenting.
INGREDIENTS
4 or 6 apples, cut into quarters/halves
Tip: You can use any fruit you have with this cake from rhubarb to currants to plums. But Ellen loves it when there is a sweet and sour contrast.
FOR THE YEAST DOUGH I
500g flour
⅛ l plant-based drink (water is also fine)
30g yeast
FOR YEAST DOUGH II
⅛ l plant-based drink (water is also fine)
1/2 50g plant-based butter/margarine
100g honey or sugar
A bit of salt
FOR THE CRUMBLES
400g flour
200g cold plant-based butter/margarine
200g sugar
METHOD
**For the yeast dough I.
1. Put the flour into a bowl and create a small deepening in the middle.
2. Mix the yeast into ⅛ l lukewarm plant-based drink. Then cautiously pour the mixture into the deepening.
3. Knead some of the flour with the yeast milk mixture until it becomes a thick paste. Sprinkle some flour on top and let it sit for 15 minutes.
**For the yeast dough II.
1. Blend the butter, honey/sugar, and salt into ⅛ l lukewarm plant drink.
2. Pour this mixture into the risen dough.
3. Knead everything to a smooth consistency and let it sit for 45min.
**For the apples.
1. While waiting for the dough, cut (and peel if necessary) the apples into quarters or halves.
*To prepare the crumbles
1. Put all ingredients into a bowl and carefully knead them into more or less even crumbles.
*To assemble the cake
1. Spread the dough onto an oiled and floured baking sheet on a baking tray.
2. Place the pieces of apples on top. Then spread the crumbles evenly.
3. Bake the cake at 180C in the preheated oven for about 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
4. Let stand 10 minutes before serving, and Bon appetite!
