Apple Upside Down Cake
A simple recipe for Apple Upside Down Cake that features ripe, sweet apples, a blend of whole wheat and all-purpose flours, jaggery, oil, lemon juice, aromatic spices, and leavening agents. Notably, this recipe is both eggless and suitable for a vegan diet.
Ingredients
For Apple Layer
- 2 apples medium-sized, rinsed, peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 to 3 tablespoons demerara sugar or brown sugar or raw sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder (ground cinnamon)
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder (ground nutmeg)
- few drops lemon juice
few drops lemon juice
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup jaggery powder – preferably organic, or brown sugar or raw sugar – adjust as per your sweet requirements
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder (ground cinnamon)
For Cake Batter – Wet Ingredients
- For Cake Batter – Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup sunflower oil or any neutral tasting oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla powder or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Preparation
- Grease or line a 7 to 7.5 inches round cake pan or tin. You can even line the pan with parchment paper.
- Preheat the oven now at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F for 15 minutes.
- Rinse, peel, core and slice the apples.
Lining Cake Pan With Apples
- Layer the apple slices neatly on the base of the cake pan/tin in single or double layer.
- Sprinkle cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder on the apple layer. Also sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice, so that the apples do not discolor. Sprinkling lemon juice is an optional step.
- Keep this cake pan/tin aside.
Making Apple Upside Down Cake
- In a bowl, take all the dry ingredients – whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, powdered jaggery, vanilla powder and cinnamon powder.
- Mix them well with a wired whisk. If using vanilla essence or extract then add it when adding lemon juice.
- Add the water and oil, stir and mix to get a lump-free batter. Do not over-mix.
- Now add the lemon juice and mix well again.
- Pour the batter all over on an even layer over the apple slices in the prepared cake pan/tin.
- Bake at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F for 45 to 55 minutes in the preheated oven.
- When cooled to room temperature, remove the cake gently. Serve the Eggless Apple Upside Down Cake with tea or coffee or as an after meal dessert.
Nutrition
Calories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 76mgPotassium: 140mgFiber: 3gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 26IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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