A delicious apple cake, the apple cake with walnuts and fig jam is a delight without butter, milk, and eggs. Rich and soft, it is prepared in just a few minutes with a bowl and a hand whisk. If you are looking for an even simpler apple cake, you must try the apple cake without a bowl. This apple cake is perfect for a snack, for breakfast, ideal when you crave something good without being too heavy.
Let’s get to work and prepare the apple cake with walnuts and fig jam together.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for the preparation of the apple cake with walnuts and fig jam
- 4 apples
- 1 1/2 cups type 1 flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup walnut kernels
- 2/3 cup oat milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 packet baking powder for desserts
- 1 pinch ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/3 cup fig jam
- as needed breadcrumbs
Tools
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- Baking Pan 8×10
- Hand Whisk
Steps for the preparation of the apple cake with walnuts and fig jam
To start, remove the peel and core from the apples. Slice them and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Chop 90 g of walnuts, leaving some whole for the topping.
In a bowl, pour the flour. Add the sugar, chopped walnuts, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix everything with a hand whisk. Add the oat milk and oil, the salt, and baking powder, and mix well until homogeneous. Finish with the apples and mix well.
Grease a baking pan and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Pour the mixture. Enrich with fig jam on top and the rest of the walnuts coarsely chopped. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F, static, for 45 minutes. Let it cool completely before unmolding.
Storage
You can keep the cake for 3-4 days under a glass dome.