Chai Spiced Apple Cake

CHAI SPICED APPLE CAKE

A deliciously fragrant Chai Spiced Apple Cake made from scratch. This soft and tender cake is filled with fresh moist apples and aromatic chai, topped with a sweet syrup drizzle.

Apples and chai are a match made in heaven. The soft juicy apples absorb the naturally sweet tasting cinnamon. So yummy

This is one of mum’s recipes. She has been baking her whole life, always perfecting delicious cakes. She was one of those mums that made every dinner, always had food on the table for guests and made every single birthday cake for her four kids.

Mum almost always uses coconut oil instead of butter or other vegetable fats. Coconut oil is a healthier alternative and allows all the dairy free eaters to enjoy this cake too. It also makes a more fluffy cake, rather than too dense, which is usually the result of using butter. You can also easily substitute the eggs for a vegan egg replacement, and then the whole cake is vegan.

Aquafaba is a great vegan alternative to eggs. It is the water found in a can of chickpeas. Whip it up until it has stiff peaks like eggs whites. Fold it into the cake as you would normal eggs.

Tips:

• This recipe is for intermediate home cooks
• You can use any apples you’d like, but we use granny smiths
• Try not to over mix the cake, it can stop it from rising properly and you don’t want to miss out on the fluffy texture
• Bake until golden and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean