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Home » Eggless Bakes » Cake Recipes » Eggless Whole Wheat Chunky Apple Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

Eggless Whole Wheat Chunky Apple Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

Nov 17, 2017 · Modified: Feb 11, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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When we think about fall fruits, the first fruit that pops in my head is apples. Yes, now they are available all throughout the year, but web says in northern hemisphere fall is when they are harvested. 
There are numerous desserts that we can come up with this bright red fruit.  i have quite a few apple desserts here
  • Warm apple pie,
  • apple tart
  • apple sheera/kesari
  • apple monkey bread
  • apple abelskivers
  • apple roses
  • apple hand pies
  • apple pie roll ups
Now this pretty cake too adds up to that list. Chunky apple cake filled with cinnamon buttercream frosting. First i thought of keeping the cake plain, with just a dust of icing sugar. But then, I had some leftover buttercream frosting didn;t want to waste it, so filled and frosted and piped some roses and tulips using the russian nozzles.
This is one of the best cakes i have made this date. The recipe is same as that of my Vanilla sponge cake, i have used curd here instead of buttermilk and thinned it down with water. The cake turned out super soft and fluffy. I have added apple chunks to the batter and also to the top of the cake. One of the reason i frosted it is to hide this, or else my lil one wouldn't have liked it. They don;t like anything peeping from their cakes.
I wanted to fill the cake with some apple compote to give it more of apple pie taste, but then again, i wasn;t sure whether the kids would love it. If making for adults, i would definitely recommend that compote filling inbetween the cake layers. Go ahead and bake this cinnamony apple cake, with frosting or not ,you would enjoy it anyway!

Ingredients
1.5 cups of whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ cup of sugar
½ cup of oil
½ cup of curd, @ room temperature
¾ cup of water
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
2 teaspoon candied ginger
1 medium sized Royal gala apple
½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice


For the buttercream frosting
300 grams unsalted butter
6 cups of icing sugar
1 - 2 teaspoon milk
½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
few sugar pearls for garnish

Food Colors
yellow gel color
green gel color
Red gel color
blue gel color
Purple color = red + blue
Method
  • Grease 2 4 inch cake pans and lay it with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  • Wash the apple, peel it, core it and chop it into small chunks. Add lemon juice to it and toss, this well prevent the apples from getting brown.
  • In a large bowl, take together wheat flour, baking soda , bking powder  and cinnamon powder, whisk them together. This ensures even mixing of all the dry ingredients.
  • Now add half the apple chunk to this flour mix and toss well. Now add sugar to this and whisk well.
  • In a measuring jug, take the curd, add water to it and mix well to combine. To that mixture add oil and mix.
  • Now add this liquid to the dry ingredients in two batches. Using a spatula, combine it together. While mixing, use the spatula to mix in one direction only. Be gentle, while mixing. Adding liquid in batches will help in proper mixing then dumping everything and mixing at a time.
  • Divide the prepared batter into two pans. Now divide the leftover apple chunks and spread it on top of the cake. Bake it in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center of th cake comes out clean.
  • Once done, remove the cake onto a cooling rack. Let it cool down for 5 minutes, then run a blunt knife around the edges of the pan to release the cake. Slowly invert it onto the wire rack and let it cool completely before frosting.
Buttercream frosting
  • Take butter in a wide bowl, using an electric beater, beat it until light and fluffy. Now add 1 cup of  icing sugar at a time and whisk again. 
  • Once all 4 cups are added, add cinnamon powder and milk to it and whisk. The buttercream should be airy, and smooth.Once done, divide it in 3 bowls. add colors to each bowl and mix with a spatula. 
  • I have use yellow buttercream to fill and frost the cake. And red and purple color for the flowers and little green for the leaves. I have used russian nozzles to pipe roses and tulips on top. 
To Frost & Fill the cake
  • Mix 3  tablespoon of icing sugar with ¼ cup of warm water and keep ready.
  • Take a round cake board, add a blob of buttercream  to the center and place one round cake in the middle. This blob makes sure, that the cake stays put on the board without sliding.
  • Spread half of the sugar solution on top of the sponge, this keeps the cake soft. Add a thick layer of yellow frosting on top. Spread it to cover the entire cake surface, do not forget the edges.
  • Now stack the second cake on top of this with its bottom facing the top. Spread the sugar solution on top of the cake.
  • Now add a thick layer of yellow buttercream on top and crumb coat the sides with yellow buttercream. Place the cake in the refrigerator for 10 minutes for the crumb coat to set.
  • Once set, add thick layers of yellow buttercream on top and using a offset spatuala smoothen it to set. 
  • Again refrigerate the cake for 10 minutes before adding any extra details. Russian nozzles are pretty easy and cool to use. They do make lovely flowers with little effort. If you are artistically handicapped like me, then these nozzles do help a lot. 
  • For piping the roses, use the rose nozzle, fit it in a disposable piping bag, fill the bag with red buttercream.
  • Pipe a little base first, without removing your hand, pipe, twist and remove for a perfect rose. Same way for tulips, pipe a little base, pipe and remove. I saw some yoututbe videos before perfecting the technique. I would suggest the same for others too. Once done, let the cake rest for few minutes in the fridge then cut,slice and enjoy. 
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  1. Babitha

    November 18, 2017 at 3:44 am

    lovely

    Reply
  2. Srivalli

    November 18, 2017 at 6:09 am

    I am speechless priya looking at the beauty you have created!..Simply awesome..love those flowers on top, so artistic..

    Reply
  3. Sharmila kingsly

    November 18, 2017 at 10:48 am

    Love it and love the colour combo.. Really fantastic !!

    Reply
  4. Padmajha

    November 18, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    I am not even going throgh the recipe Priya. I am still admiring those beautiful roses and those colors- wow!Superb cake!!

    Reply
  5. jayashree

    November 20, 2017 at 6:17 am

    This is awesome. Loved it, hope I can create something like this

    Reply
  6. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

    November 20, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    This is so cool! Love how beautifully you have decorated the cake.

    Reply
  7. Srividhya

    November 20, 2017 at 6:56 pm

    That color and that icing and that deco and that wheat flour base... OMG I am looking for words praise each and every one of this. Great going Priya.

    Reply
  8. Harini R

    November 21, 2017 at 1:36 am

    That piece of art is stunning, Priya. I saw this post on FB and drooled over it but only now coming here to comment!

    Reply
  9. Unknown

    November 21, 2017 at 4:36 am

    fabulous looks and texture amazing. Must have been very tasty with creame topping.

    Reply
  10. Priya Suresh

    November 21, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    Wow, wat a cake re, and lovely beautiful icing, kudos to u for this beautiful piece of art. Simply Incredible.

    Reply
  11. Kalyani

    November 22, 2017 at 2:54 pm

    I loved everything about this - including lil kiddo having a go at the cake ! beautiful indeed

    Reply
  12. cookingwithsapana

    November 22, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    I am in love with this cake. It looks so beautiful and absolutely amazing.

    Reply
  13. vaishali sabnani

    November 25, 2017 at 9:28 am

    You have worked hard and Priya the results show ! You make awesome cakes , and this one looks so pretty , unique colors and pretty flowers.

    Reply
  14. Chef Mireille

    November 27, 2017 at 5:29 am

    you decorated it so well - That's a show stopper cake for sure!

    Reply
  15. Archana

    December 15, 2017 at 3:49 pm

    Wow! Wow! Wow looks yum.

    Reply
  16. Varada's Kitchen

    March 02, 2018 at 11:47 pm

    The flowers are perfect! The cake sounds awesome!

    Reply

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