¼cup(50grams)vegetable oilsunflower oil, canola oil, or melted vegan butter
Dry Ingredients
2cups(300grams)flourall-purpose, wholewheat, or 50% all-purpose and 50% wholewheat (see notes below for more info)
1tablespoon(16grams)baking powder
3teaspoons(6grams)cinnamonor 1 tablespoon vanilla extract with wet ingredients
1pinchsalt
3- 4 mediumapples(about 6 ounces or 170 grams per whole apple - 2 apples for the filling and 1 to 2 apples for the top)
Oil the sides of your pan and dust them with flour. Line the bottom with parchment paper.Preheat the oven to 360°F or 180°C.
To a medium bowl, add the wet ingredients: plantmilk, oil, and sugar. Whisk to combine.
Sift in the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt.
Whisk with a hand mixer for a few seconds till you have a smooth and thick cake batter. Do not over-mix, or the cake will turn out gummy.You can also stir the batter with a whisk or a silicon spatula.
Add small apple pieces from 2 apples (about 11 ounces or 300 grams of apple chunks). Apples should be cored and seeds removed. You can keep the peel on.
Fold in with a spatula until the apple pieces are well incorporated into the batter, then pour it into the cake tin.
Cover the top of the cake with thinapple slices in a circular pattern, overlapping the slices a bit. Finally, sprinkle the apples with 2 tablespoon of sugar.
Bake the cake at 360°F or 180°C for 55 minutes to 1 hour on the center rack of the oven.Take out of the oven and let cool down for about 1 hour. Then sprinkle with some powdered sugar if you want.TIP: bake on a baking rack, not on a baking tray, because the tray will get too hot and might overcook the base of the cake.