Recipe is Egg and Dairy Free!
Ingredients
2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil (or melted butter, if desired)
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup milk or DF milk substitute
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp cinnamon (+ 1/4 tsp, for dusting apples)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups peeled and diced apples (about 2 medium apples)
(Optional) Cinnamon Streusel Topping
2 Tbsp butter (or DF butter substitute), softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
5 Tbsp all purpose flour
(Optional) Vanilla Glaze
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
2-3 tsp milk or DF milk substitute (start with 2 tsp, and add more if consistency is too thick)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line 8″ round cake pan with parchment paper, or grease with cooking spray.
- Prepare apples by peeling and dicing them, then tossing with 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
- In a large bowl, stir together applesauce, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract.
- In a smaller bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Add half of flour mix and half of the milk into wet ingredients, stir gently.
- Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and milk, stir just until combined.
- Gently fold apples into batter.
- Spread batter into prepared pan.
- Optional: stir together all Cinnamon Streusel ingredients until consistency resembles wet sand. Crumble streusel evenly onto top of cake before baking.
- Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- For glaze, stir together all glaze ingredients, and pour over top of cake (double glaze recipe for more coverage).
SOURCE: safelydelish.com
