Vegan Cocoa Apple Cake

Modified: Oct 15, 2024 by Madhuram · 94 Comments.

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My another successful baking experience with Taste of Home's recipe! I had bookmarked this apple cake recipe quite a while ago and got the chance to try it recently and it was a super duper hit. The original recipe by itself is egg free and vegan but I made some healthy changes.

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I decided to use whole wheat pastry flour instead of all purpose flour, reduced the quantity of oil and substituted some of it with unsweetened applesauce and the result was a very moist, delicious and guilt free vegan cocoa apple cake. This recipe is quite similar to the whacky vegan chocolate cake except for the fact that we are using lemon juice instead of vinegar. This is my first experience with lemon juice as an egg substitute and I was not sure what to expect but was super excited after tasting the cake because it was so soft and light. I was quite unsure about the quantity of lemon juice because I have read that 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of baking soda can be used to replaced 1 egg and that vinegar can be substituted with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and this recipe uses only 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. I was going back and forth about using 1 teaspoon or 1 tablespoon but finally decided to follow the original recipe itself and was completely satisfied with the apple cake. Vegan Apple Cake

Recently I baked a peanut butter quick bread with whole wheat flour and it tasted yucky and I had to throw it away just like that. I don't know if its the brand of whole wheat flour or the recipe. So I'm not sure how this recipe would turn out with plain whole wheat flour as against whole wheat pastry flour. So if you don't have whole wheat pastry flour go with all purpose flour itself as mentioned in the original recipe. Regular whole wheat flour doesn't work well in all recipes. But I have to mention that my bottle gourd chocolate cake came out very well with whole wheat flour. That was a different brand of flour, so I guess its the brand that makes the difference.Recipe

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Ingredients Used: apple, baking soda, cocoa powder, lemon, Sugar-White, unsweetened applesauce, valentines day, whole wheat pastry flour

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Sonia says

October 18, 2013 at 8:34 am

Made this yesterday. Texturewise like chocolate vattayappam than cake,looked like a brownie,but tasted great .
Thanks
Sonia

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- Madhuram says
  
  November 10, 2013 at 5:47 pm
  
  You're welcome Sonia.
  
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Linda says

June 04, 2013 at 5:39 pm

I thought this came out very well. Taking a tip from another recipe, I shredded the apples instead of dicing them. I also used raw carob powder instead of cocoa. I doubled the recipe for a 9x13 baking dish, and used the lesser sweetener amount. BUT, I forgot to double the 2/3 cup of sugar!! Therefore, it was not sweet at all, so I made a vegan coconut-walnut frosting to top it with, and the sweetness of the frosting balanced out the un-sweetness of the cake. I will definitely try this again, but next time make sure I add all the sugar!

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Tania says

January 18, 2013 at 6:16 am

Love these eggless recipes, great for a snow day when you realise there are no eggs and the kids want to bake!
Just willing this to cook as its been in an hour n still runny in the middle 🙁

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Preeti says

January 18, 2013 at 1:01 am

Flooded suddenly with apples....thanks to you...I got rid of 2 of them....in style!!

Yumm cake!

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- Madhuram says
  
  January 18, 2013 at 4:09 am
  
  You're welcome Preeti.
  
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  - Niagara says
    
    October 16, 2013 at 10:38 am
    
    Hello!
    I have studying your site and I am thinking the recipes is all wonderfull. Today I made the vegan cocoa aplle cake. Iam translating and post in my blog for all people that don't know english. I love all.
    My respect and my reverence
    
    Hare Krishna!
    Niagara
    
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    - Madhuram says
      
      November 10, 2013 at 5:57 pm
      
      Thanks Niagara.
      
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maddy says

November 15, 2011 at 7:06 pm

Nice Cake. I did make a sub by taking 3 medium Fuji apples,peeled and cored them and zipped them up in my Vitamix. This was in place of both the chopped apple and the apple sauce. I made a quick maple cinnamon soy cream cheese icing for it and dusted the top with a little cocoa.

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Vandana says

October 03, 2011 at 7:48 am

Hi, thanks for the recipe. I tried it with WW flour and it still came out good.

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- Madhuram says
  
  October 03, 2011 at 12:47 pm
  
  You're welcome Vandana. Please do rate the recipe when you find time.
  
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momchef says

September 03, 2011 at 4:58 am

hi Madhuram:

I plan to make this next week for my wedding ann. Can i substitute Pastry flour (which I dont have) with a mix of APF and wholewheat atta?

Pls do let me know
thx

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- Madhuram says
  
  September 07, 2011 at 11:56 pm
  
  Sure.
  
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Devi says

June 29, 2011 at 6:48 am

Hi !! i cannot find Unsweetened Applesauce can you please tell me what can i replace it with and even how can i prepare applesauce??
Thank looking forward for your reply .

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- Madhuram says
  
  June 29, 2011 at 11:17 am
  
  Peel, chop and cook apples in little water either in microwave oven or stove top. Puree it smoothly once cooled. Your applesauce is ready.
  
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Moco says

June 03, 2011 at 3:04 pm

Hi! I tried this cake today, everything went well except it needs more sweetness in it. I didn't know that it needed more sugar. So I just put icing on it.
Thanks.

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- Madhuram says
  
  June 03, 2011 at 4:03 pm
  
  I guess you missed that in the Notes. Thanks for trying the recipe.
  
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Dipika says

April 25, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Hi Madhuram,
I love the concept of eggless baking. I am thoroughly making use of your website 🙂
Really helps me prepare recipes instantly at anytime. very handy website..Appreciate it !!

I see some of the recipes need apple sauce. Can I use orange marmalade instead?

-Dipika

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- Madhuram says
  
  April 25, 2011 at 6:58 pm
  
  Thanks Dipika. I think you will be able to use it if you try liquifying it a little bit but the baked goods might have an orange flavor to it.
  
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Rathi says

February 09, 2011 at 3:26 am

I just made these today and after reading the reviews, tweaked the recipe. I added 1 cup sugar and the sweetness was perfect and made and baked them as cupcakes. As I did not have wholewheat flour , I used 1 cup of chapathi flour and 1/2 cup of wholemeal flour. They came out pretty good. Am looking forward to trying out your other recipes too.

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- Madhuram says
  
  February 09, 2011 at 4:45 am
  
  Thanks for the feedback Rathi.
  
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- Madhuram says
  
  February 11, 2011 at 7:34 am
  
  Thanks for trying the recipe Rathi.
  
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Allen Davis says

January 20, 2011 at 12:02 am

Thank you for publishing these eggless recipes. I have been trying to stay away from eggs because I need to keep my Cholestrol down.

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lakshmi says

December 09, 2010 at 12:18 pm

Hello madhuram:

You picture loks amazing and hence i tried it for my sisters birth day. I followed the ecipe to the T but it did not come out well. the cake was undercooked and i could taste the batter

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- Neela says
  
  December 10, 2010 at 12:56 pm
  
  Hi,
  
  I was just looking for cake recipes, and I came across this
  website. [www.blog.fatfreevegan.com] I have not tried the recipes
  but worth looking at it. (In google also you can search
  (fatfreevegankitchen) - sinlessly deliciously same site.)
  Chocalate-Orange Cake recipe seems interesting or worth
  experimenting.
  
  Neela
  
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priya says

December 09, 2010 at 10:54 am

Tried this cake twice.The first time it came out well.The second time it was more of a brownie...don't know what went wrong.Will have to try it again.Wanted to share my feedback.Thanks.

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Neela says

December 07, 2010 at 11:26 am

Hi Madhuram,

Any suggestions for diabetic say if a recipe uses 1 cup sugar what
are other alternatives in a cake or cookie recipes. Please let me
know. Thanks.

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- Madhuram says
  
  December 19, 2010 at 3:10 pm
  
  Maybe you can try it with Splenda. It can be used measure to measure of sugar.
  
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  - Neela says
    
    December 22, 2010 at 8:31 am
    
    Madhuram:
    
    Thank you for the response.
    I wish you would have tab for diabetic recipes in the future.
    
    Neela
    
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