Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Applesauce Cake Recipe is a vegan, vegetarian American, World desserts made with simple everyday ingredients in about 50 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 40 minutes
  • Total time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 1 · 1 Applesauce Cake Loaf
  • Category: Desserts
  • Cuisine: American, World

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour (- 185 grams)
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ¾ cup Applesauce (- unsweetened)
  • ¼ cup oil (- use oil which has a neutral taste and flavor)
  • ¾ cup raw sugar (or regular white sugar)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or 1 scraped vanilla bean)
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or regular vinegar or lemon juice)

Method

  1. In a mixing bowl, take applesauce, oil and sugar.
  2. With a wired whisk, stir this mixture so well that the oil is incorporated evenly.
  3. Now add the apple cider vinegar or regular vinegar or lemon juice to this wet mixture.
  4. Preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F before you begin baking the cake.
  5. Sieve the dry ingredients - all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and a pinch of salt directly in the bowl having the wet ingredients.
  6. Add vanilla powder or scraped vanilla bean or vanilla extract.
  7. Fold the dry ingredients in the wet ingredients lightly. Don't over do.
  8. The batter should feel light.
  9. Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
  10. Bake at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F in a preheated oven for 35 to 40 mins.
  11. Once baked and a toothpick inserted comes out clean, remove the cake from the pan after it cools a bit and then place on a wired rack or tray for the sponge cake to cool down.
  12. Each oven has a different baking time, so keep this in mind. The cake can take less or more time in your oven to bake.
  13. Slice and serve this eggless cake with milk, tea or coffee.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.