Vegan Caramelized Apples Loaf Cake

• You can top the cake with any other topping of your choosing: Walnuts fit great, sliced almonds, sliced apples (like in the pictures).
• In addition to the caramelized apple, you might want to add different additions to the batter of the cake: any type of nut, raisins, marzipan cubes (delicious!), poppy seeds.

• Mixing bowl
• Knife
• Cutting board
• Plastic film
• Sifter
• Small saucepan
• Whisk
• Rubber spatula

Ingredients:  

Caramelized Apple:

• 1 granny smith apple
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 stick (55 g) of warm vegan butter (can be substituted with coconut oil)

Dry Ingredients:

• 220 g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp table salt
• 1/2  tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

• 200 g brown sugar
• 250 ml non-dairy milk (I use Ripple’s unsweetened pea milk)
• 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 75 ml olive oil
• 1 tbsp white vinegar/apple cider vinegar
• Caramelized apple

• 1/2 stick of vegan butter (55 g)
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (65 g)
• 1/4 cup sugar (50 g)

1. Prepare the caramelized apple: Cut your apple into small cubes.
2. Place the sugar in the saucepan and heat on a low setting until it melts into a liquid. Caramel tends to burn very quickly, so be mindful, and don't leave the saucepan unattended.
3. As the sugar will start to get golden, add the warm (melted) butter and stir quickly to prevent lumps of caramel from forming.
4. Add the cubed apples, stir, and keep cooking on low for additional 15 minutes. Enjoy that smell :)
5. Remove the apples into a bowl to cool down, drain them from any excess liquid. (you can use the liquid in a sweet sauce if you'd like)
6. Prepare the cake batter: Preheat the oven to 350 F.
7. Sift all the dry ingredients together in a bowl until they are all well mixed (sifting the powders will help to prevent getting lumps).
8. Pour the milk into a separate bowl, whisk well the rest of the wet ingredients except the apple. Make sure the sugar starts to dissolve. Add the powders mixture to the wet ingredients while still mixing. Finish combining the two mixtures using a rubber spatula. Stop mixing as soon as the mixture looks unified.
9. Add the drained apple cubes into the batter, and mix well.
10. Pour your batter into 2 pre-oiled loaf pans.
11. Prepare the crumbles: In a small bowl, place all ingredients and, start mixing using your hands. Squish the butter and mix, until you get a bowl full of crumbs.
12. don't over mix it, or you will get a dough.
13. Place a layer of crumbs on top of the batter in each pan.
14. Bake for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
15. Allow the cake to cool down completely before cutting it.
16. Enjoy!