Here is an easy, soft and spongy eggless apple cake recipe made with fresh apple puree, wheat flour and cinnamon powder. This delicious apple cinnamon cake can be baked easily in a convection oven, microwave or pressure cooker for your Christmas and tea time!
I tried this eggless apple cake recipe using wheat flour/ atta by watching Sanjeev Kapoor’s YouTube video. As this is my first attempt of trying an apple cake at home without eggs, I followed original recipe to the dot. Chef used wheat flour and maida in equal quantities. Cake came out so soft, moist and spongy. I should call it as apple cinnamon cake because cinnamon acts as the major flavoring ingredient. When the cake is baked, I could feel a nice fruit smell with cinnamon all over the house. We all loved it.
During Christmas season, most of us like to bake a fruit cake at home. If you are bored with the regular dry fruits cake, you can try this eggless apple cake instead. The best part is you can make this cake in microwave mode, convection oven and in a pressure cooker as well.
Actually I baked 3/4 th of the batter in convection mode and the remaining in microwave mode by keeping in a glass bowl. Both turned out great. Convection oven cake took nearly 40 minutes of baking time whereas in microwave it was done under 4 minutes. So you can bake this eggless apple cake in microwave mode or convection mode in your oven.
If you want to bake the same in pressure cooker, it is also possible. Just spread 1 inch of powdered salt in a thick cooker bottom. Put a small plate or slotted plate over the sand, preheat the cooker for 15 minutes in medium flame till salt is heated. Remove the gasket and weight valve from the lid and cover the cooker. After preheating, place the baking pan and cook for 20 to 30 minutes in low flame. Check with a tooth pick & remove after cooling down. This recipe is so versatile and it works great for all the baking methods.
Friends, do try this eggless apple cake recipe and share your feedback with me. Hope the step by step pictures can help you better. I will try to share the video recipe soon.
Check out my eggless orange cake, eggless dates cake with wheat flour, eggless christmas fruit cake recipe, eggless plum cake in pressure cooker, microwave fruit cake, eggless mango cake and eggless banana bread too.
Quick Notes for US & Abroad Kitchens
- Best Apple Varieties: Sweet and flavorful apples like Honeycrisp, Gala, Fuji or Pink Lady produce the most fragrant puree. If using Granny Smith, they lend a pleasant tart flavor, but you may want to increase the powdered sugar by 1 to 2 tablespoons.
- Flour & Leavening: Equal parts stone-ground whole wheat atta (Aashirvaad or Sujata from the Indian store) and unbleached all-purpose flour give a wholesome texture without making the crumb too dense. Always check the freshness of your baking powder and baking soda.
- Oven Temperature & Bakeware: Bake at 350°F (180°C) on the center rack of your convection oven. A standard 7-inch or 8-inch 🇮🇳 Round Cake Pan (🇺🇸 Amazon.com) lined with 🇮🇳 Parchment Paper (🇺🇸 Amazon.com) works best. For quick microwave baking, use a 🇮🇳 Borosil Glass Bowl (🇺🇸 Amazon.com).
Eggless Apple Cake Recipe (How To Make Apple Cake)
Equipment
- 1 Round Cake Baking Pan (7 or 8 inch)
- 1 Borosil Glass bowl (microwave safe glass bowl)
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Apples (medium sized, washed and chopped)
- ½ cup Water (to grind apple – approx. 120 ml / 4 fl oz)
- 1 cup Wheat flour / atta (approx. 120 g / 4.2 oz)
- 1 cup All purpose flour / Maida (approx. 125 g / 4.4 oz)
- 1 cup Powdered sugar (approx. 150 g / 5.3 oz)
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Cinnamon powder
- ½ tsp Vanilla essence
- 1 cup Milk (approx. 240 ml / 8 fl oz)
- ½ cup Melted butter (+ 1 tbsp / 150 g / 5.3 oz)
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil (approx. 15 ml / 0.5 fl oz)
Instructions
- Wash and cut apple into small cubes. Grind to a smooth puree adding 1/2 cup of water. Set aside.
- In a wide bowl, sieve wheat flour/ atta, maida, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder. Keep it aside.
- In another bowl, mix melted butter, milk, vanilla essence and apple puree.
- Add sieved dry flour to the wet milk mixture. Add little by little and mix without lumps.
- Batter should be thick and pourable. It will fall like a ribbon. Lastly add 1 tbsp cooking oil. Mix well.
- Take an aluminum baking pan. Grease it with butter. Sprinkle maida all over the pan and dust off the excess flour. Pour the cake batter to the pan. Fill 3/4th of the pan. Pat the pan to level the batter and break the air bubbles.
- Preheat the oven in convection mode at 180c. Place the baking pan and bake at 180c for 35 to 40 minutes. Cake rises and cracks on top. No issues. After 30 minutes, open the oven and insert a toothpick or knife in the middle of the cake. If its sticky or with batter, bake for another 5 to 10 minutes. If the knife comes out clean, cake is done. Remove the baking pan and set aside to cool down. After the cake becomes warm, run a knife around the cake and loosen the sides. Invert the cake in a plate and remove it. Make pieces and enjoy ! This cake stays good only for 2 days if kept outside. Refrigeration is not advisable because cake may become dry. So its better to consume soon.
- FOR MICROWAVE APPLE CAKE : Take 1 cup of apple cake batter in a big glass bowl. Microwave in high power (800w) for 3 to 4 minutes. Check with a toothpick and remove it. Invert in a bowl after cooling down.
Notes
- You can use wheat flour completely instead of atta and maida half and half. But cake looks dense and thick. Not fluffy as shown in the picture. You may need to add more baking soda too.
- You can use brown sugar instead of white sugar for healthy options.
- Recommended Baking Tools: Round Cake Pan (🇮🇳 Amazon.in | 🇺🇸 Amazon.com), Microwave Safe Glass Bowl (🇮🇳 Amazon.in | 🇺🇸 Amazon.com), Balloon Whisk (🇮🇳 Amazon.in | 🇺🇸 Amazon.com), Parchment Paper (🇮🇳 Amazon.in | 🇺🇸 Amazon.com).
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Try this eggless apple sponge cake at home and enjoy !
This looks beautiful and delicious.