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Grandma's Apple Cake with Streusel (Vegan)
A classic apple cake with crispy streusel – completely without milk and egg, but full of flavor. Juicy apples, cinnamon streusel, and a shortcrust dough make this cake the perfect companion for coffee.
🥜 Allergies considered in this recipe:
🥛 Kuhmilch🥚 Ei
Source / link: Überliefertes Familienrezept
Ingredients
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| 250 g | Flour |
| 125 g | Plant-based margarine |
| 75 g | Sugar |
| 1 Pck. | Vanilla sugar |
| 1/2 Pck. | Baking powder |
| 3 EL | Applesauce |
| 2-3 EL | Soy drink (or oat drink) |
| 1 kg | Apples (e.g., Boskop) |
| 50 g | Sugar |
| 1 TL | Cinnamon |
| 1/2 Zitrone | Lemon juice |
| 200 g | Flour |
| 100 g | Sugar |
| 150 g | Plant-based margarine |
| 1 TL | Cinnamon |
Preparation
- 1For the dough, mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a bowl. Add margarine in pieces, applesauce, and 2 tablespoons of soy drink, and knead everything into a smooth dough. Add a little more soy drink if needed. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 2Meanwhile, peel, core, and cut the apples into thin wedges. Mix with lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon, and let them steep.
- 3For the streusel, mix flour, sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the margarine in small flakes and knead with your hands into streusel.
- 4Preheat the oven to 180°C top/bottom heat. Grease a springform pan (26 cm) and roll out the dough evenly in it, pulling up an edge.
- 5Distribute the apple wedges over the dough and sprinkle the streusel evenly on top.
- 6Bake the cake on the middle rack for about 60 minutes, until the streusel are golden brown. If necessary, cover with parchment paper after 40 minutes if the streusel get too dark.
- 7Let the cake cool completely, then remove it from the pan and serve.
Notes & tips
Butter was replaced with plant-based margarine, cow's milk with soy drink, and eggs with applesauce. This makes the cake free of cow's milk and eggs. For a gluten-free version, the flour can be replaced with a gluten-free flour blend.
Nutrition
estimated per serving- Calories
- 467 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Fat
- 19 g
- Carbs
- 72 g