It’s apple season!
And I’m feeling super inspired by all the beautiful autumnal apple recipes appearing, so it thrilled me when Abel & Cole asked me to create an apple cake with their fantastic organic apples!
I made a spiced apple & ginger cake with an amazing crumbly nutty pecan topping, oh my goodness, it’s so, so good!
I tested it on my retreat day guests and they LOVED it!
The combination of apples, sweet spices and that crumble topping is incredibly good.
Abel & Cole is so awesome; their entire business is geared around reducing food waste, ethical trading, market seasonally, minimising packaging, using up surplus, and all the good stuff like that!
And, I hope you love the cake I made with their lovely apples, Niki xx
kate cowin
Hi Niki
Making this tomorrow for vegan baking club. Two questions should the topping brown sugar be demerara or would soft brown be ok.
Had planned to put some Whitworths crystalised ginger in cake mix. Would this make it too gingery. Thanks, Kate
Niki
Hi Kate
oh lovely!
soft brown is perfect!
I haven’t tried – but I love ginger so sounds good to me.
Good luck!
Niki xxx
dila
hi, grrat recipe, will try tomorrow, but you said “mix spice” in the recipe, is it like pumpkin spice mix?
Niki
You can use either xxx
Simone
Made this yday, and it went down a treat, I’ll pull back on the ginger a bit next time I make it though. I served with yoghurt to balance out the spices (well, especially the ginger)
Niki
Hi Simone
Happy you like it!
Absolutely, adapt to your taste.
Love
Niki xx
Ginette
Looks delish! Have you tried it with gluten free flours?
Niki
Hi Ginette
You could use buckwheat or I like Doves Farm gluten free.
Love
Niki xx
Laura
Do you think I could make this with parsnips instead of apples? Maybe adding a little extra moisture somewhere? This looks delicious, I just can’t eat apples, much to my dismay!
Niki
Hi Laura
I think parsnips or carrots actually.
Good luck
Love
Nikixxxx
Rachel
Hi, I just wanted to say thank you so much for the recipe. I made it at the weekend and it was delicious. I will definitely make it again. (very soon!!)
CS
Hi there :),
If I was to bake this batch in a muffin tray, do you know the difference in baking time please?
Thank you
Niki
Hi CS
I’ve nit tried in a muffin tray. But I would reduce the timings.
Love
Niki xx
Niki
so so happy you enjoyed Rachel!
love
niki xxx
Niki
I used a 20 cm loose bottomed cake tin xx
Niki
I used a 20 cm loose bottomed cake tin xx