Ingredients you need for the vegan apple bread
- 750g of peeled and grated in large pieces apples
- 200g of brown sugar
- 250g of dried fruit – raisins, blueberries, figs
- 150g of whole raw hazelnuts
- 1 tablespoon of liqueur
- 1 tablespoon of cocoa
- 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
The following products are added later:
- 500g of whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ packages of baking powder
- 1 tablespoon of oil for the cake tin
Finding recipes of vegan sweets is always a challenge… Even though there are so many online vegan desserts, many of them are with substitute ingredients which sometimes can’t be found in the local store. This apple „bread“ (literal translation from German) is very successful. It remains a little dank and is wonderful for breakfast and also with coffee or tea.
The recipe I got from my almost mother-in-law, i.e. my boyfriend’s mother ?… The story started from there that my boyfriend wished to keep lent with me last year. This is found strange in Germany as to Germans „fasting“ means not eating sweets or not drinking alcohol.
Not consuming any animal products to Germans is a rarity… I exclude vegans as there are many of them in Germany but Germans are a carnivorous people like most Bulgarians too. So, despite this fact, the family approached me with respect and understanding. When we were visiting Andre’s family his mother had put effort and welcomed us with vegan sweets. That cake we ate for a weekend and the recipe became my absolut favorite.
Recipe for the vegan apple bread Elisabeth
Vegan Apple Bread Elisabeth
Ingredients
- 750 g Apples peeled and grated in large pieces
- 200 g Sugar brown
- 250 g Dried fruits raisins, blueberries, figs etc
- 150 g Hazelnut whole and raw
- 1 tablespoon liquor
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 500 g flour whole wheat
- 1 1/2 packages baking powder
- 1 tablespoon oil for the cake tin
Instructions
- Peel and grate the apples in a big bowl.
- Add the sugar, the dried fruit, the hazelnuts, the cocoa, the liqueur and the cinnamon. Scramble it well, cover it and let it become stale for a night. I’ve tried it also for 4-5 hours and it still turns out well.
- After the mixture has become stale we add the flour and the baking powder and scramble well.
- Preheat oven. Bake it for like 60-75 minutes at 175 degrees in an oiled cake tin. It’s best to be with oblong shape but I didn’t have one until recently and it turns out well also in a round shape as you can see on the photo.