This super moist and delicious vegan apple bread with hazelnuts and raisins is easy to make and sure to please anyone.
My kids both celebrated their birthday together on Friday, and I made this delicious vegan apple bread, a perfect cake for the hot weather; there is no whipped cream or buttercream in it that could go bad due to the heat... 🙂
Check out more vegan cake recipes: Vegan Apple Cake, Spelt Flour Carrot Cake, Spelt Flour Banana Bread, or Vegan Coconut Cream Brownies.
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Recipe ingredients
This is a recipe I made a couple of times before using Studentenfutter, which is some kind of German trail mix, I suppose, made from different kinds of nuts and raisins. My husband and I snack on it regularly.
I have adapted the recipe to include goji berries and some cacao nibs. And what can I say? I like this version even better than the original; the goji berries add some freshness and sourness I couldn't achieve when using only raisins, and those cacao nibs were just great.
How to make vegan apple bread?
- Prepare the ingredients: Roast the hazelnuts in a dry pan. Keep shaking the pan and remove the nuts to a plate as soon as they are roasted. Leave to cool, and remove some of their brown skins by rubbing the nuts between your hands. Core and grate the apples (leave the skin on). Place in a large non-metallic bowl.
- Mix and let rest: Add the hazelnuts to the apples, together with the sugar, goji berries, raisins, and cognac, if using any. Mix very well, cover the bowl with foil, place in the fridge, and let stand for about 5-6 hours or overnight.
- Make the batter: Mix the flour, baking powder, cacao nibs, and all the spices together. Add to the apples and mix well with the hand.
- Bake: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter a 30 cm/12-inch loaf pan. Place the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour.
- Check: The cake is very moist; see the pictures. It looks quite wet and undone, but it is really cooked through. You will not be able to check for doneness by inserting a skewer in the middle. I always take the cake out of the pan, and if the bottom has a nice, rich, golden brown color and the crust feels rather firm, I stop the baking process. If not, I place the vegan apple bread back in the oven without the pan directly on the oven rack. I bake it for 5 more minutes and check again.
Vegan Apple Bread
Super moist and delicious vegan apple bread with hazelnuts and raisins. Easy to make and sure to please anyone.
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Servings: 1 loaf
Calories: 505kcal
Ingredients
- 750 g apples 26 oz
- 200 g whole hazelnuts 7 oz/ 1 ½ cup
- 150 g cane sugar 5.3 oz/ 1 ½ cup
- 100 g goji berries 3.5 oz/ ½ cup or other dried fruit
- 100 g raisins 3.5 oz/ ½ cup
- 2 tablespoons cognac or apple juice
- 3 tablespoons cacao nibs
- 400 g white spelt flour 14 oz/ 3 ⅓ cup (can be substituted with all-purpose flour)
- 2 teaspoons Dr. Oetker baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 pinch of mace
- 1 pinch of ground cloves
Instructions
- Apples: Core and grate the apples (leave the skin on). Place in a large non-metallic bowl.
- Roast the hazelnuts in a pan without adding any fat. Keep shaking the pan and remove the nuts to a plate as soon as they are roasted. Leave to cool. Remove some of their brown skins by rubbing the nuts between your hands. This is optional; you can leave the skin on if you wish, but I prefer to remove it as far as possible; not all of it will come off anyway.
- Mix: Add the hazelnuts to the apples, together with the sugar, goji berries, raisins, and cognac if using any. Mix well, cover the bowl with foil, place in the fridge, and let stand for about 5-6 hours or overnight.
- Preheat: When ready to bake, start by preheating the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter a 30 cm/ 12 inch loaf pan.
- Mix the flour, the baking powder, cacao nibs, and all the spices. Add this mixture to the apples and mix well with the hand. Place the mixture into the prepared pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour. The cake is very moist; see the pictures, it looks pretty wet and undone, but it is cooked through.
- Check: You will not be able to check for doneness by inserting a skewer in the middle. I always take the cake out of the pan, and if the bottom has a nice, rich, golden brown color and the crust feels relatively firm, I stop the baking process. If not, I place the bread back in the oven without the pan, directly on the oven rack, and bake it for 5 more minutes, then check again.
Notes
Always use a digital kitchen scale in baking; it ensures the best results (the Amazon affiliate link opens in a new tab).
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 505kcal | Carbohydrates: 104g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 84mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 81g
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mjskitchen says
What a great treat to come home to. Bet the whole house smelled great while this was baking. This bread looks so moist, crunchy and delicious!
Kathryn @ Family Food on the Table says
This bread sounds fantastic! I love that it's so light and full of goodness - right up my alley! I can see snacking on this at all hours of the day 🙂
Balvinder says
This sounds and looks amazing.
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
Wow! I have never had a bread like this before, but I am so intrigued by looking at the ingredients here. Apple and trail mix in a bread? What else could I ask for morning breakfast. This is just awesome, Adina.
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop says
Happy birthday to your kiddos! This bread looks lovely. I love all the crunch goodness inside!
Mary says
I also can't swim, I love watching everyone else enjoy the pool and but sadly I can not partake in the fun. This bread this fun to eat and I'm sure the apples give it a tasty flavor.
Evi @ greenevi says
This is genius! I love that you used gojis here 🙂
grace says
that's quite a bejeweled loaf of bread! very interesting add-ins, and i believe that the nutritional benefits are second to no other bread!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
Trail mix is one of my favorite snacks, but I've never had it in bread before! So clever! This looks delicious! Cheers!
Anca says
Apple with goji and lots of spices sound delicious, a little bit Christmassy, so I keep it in mind for the end of the year.
Adina says
Hi Debbie. The original recipe used honey indeed and that is how I made the cake the first time. However, I found the honey taste too domineering and the consistency (which is already very moist) too heavy, that is why I switched to cane sugar. If you want to give it a try use about 50 g/ 1.7 oz honey (or a bit more to taste). I hope this helps. 🙂
Debbie says
wow, that was fast. 🙂 Thanks so much! I look forward to trying it. I think when I do, I'll try maple syrup and cut out the apple juice.
Debbie says
I'd rather not use sugar. Would you be able to adapt this using either honey or maple syrup, please? ?
Dawn @ Girl Heart Food says
What a delicious looking bread! Love that it's vegan too and all those nuts! All the ingredients sound delicious 🙂 There's nothing like good, homemade bread, is there? The taste and the smell while it's baking is awesome.
The weather around here has been surprisingly good the past little while, lots of sunshine and warmer temps. Been loving it, that's for sure! Have a lovely week, Adina!
Nicoletta @sugarlovespices says
mmm...goji berries, cacao nibs, spices, and spelt flour...some of my favorites here! I'd love this cake, perfect for summer or anytime of the year 🙂 . Here in western Canada, not so nice of a summer, rain rain rain...