This is probably the easiest apple cake you can make. The recipe is really magical, because you don´t even have to make a cake batter, you just mix few simple ingredients together and that´s it. No kneading, no mixing, no blending, no waiting for the cake to raise. The hardest part is to grate the apples. But that counts as upper arm workout, so you can eat two slices (or more) when the cake is ready, because you worked out while making it, so you deserve it! I love these kind of desserts – minimal effort with amazing results. If you feel fancy like me, you can layer the cake with poppy seeds and raisins, but it works like a charm with apples only as well. So, I suggest you start with brewing coffee…
Ingredients:
For the “cake”:
Apple layer:
Poppy seeds layer:
For the “cake”:
- 1 cup flour (I used spelt flour)
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 cup sugar (I used palm sugar)
- 1 tbs. baking powder
- 4 Tbsp. coconut oil (only for the crumbs on top)
- handful of nuts (optional)
Apple layer:
- 1,5-2,0 kg. apples (about 11 medium sized apples)
- 4 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 tbs. cinnamon
- vanilla extract
Poppy seeds layer:
- 2 cups ground poppy seeds
- 6 Tbsp. liquid (I used rice milk)
- 3 Tbsp. maple syrup
- handful raisins (soaked)
- Heat the oven to 180°C.
- Mix the flour of your choice with semolina, sugar and the baking powder. Divide the mixture into 3 equal parts. Take one part and mix it with coconut oil and chopped nuts of your choice (optional) until the texture is crumbly and put into the refrigerator.
- Grate your apples, add cinnamon, vanilla and maple syrup. Stir to combine. Don´t throw away the juice from the apples!
- Mix the ground poppy seeds with maple syrup, soaked and drained raisins and the liquid of your choice. It should be moist, but still a little crumbly.
- Line a round cake pan with parchment paper. Put the I part of the flour & semolina mixture into the cake pan and even it out.
- Layer it with half of the apples.
- Now, put half of the poppy seeds mixture on the apples.
- Cover the poppy seeds layer with the second part of the flour & semolina mixture, then add again the remaining part of the apples and poppy seeds mixture.
- Take out the flour & semolina mixture with the coconut oil and nuts from the refrigerator and besprinkle the top of the cake with these crumbs.
- Bake for about 35-40min. or until the top of the cake is golden & brown.
- Let it cool before slicing.