Apple Crumble Cake with Crunchy Whole Hemp Seeds (Vegan)

I can never resist a fragrant cinnamony apple pie hot out of the oven. I didn’t have one in a long while, but I had plenty of apples so I decided this was a good day for baking. Well, this time I wanted to try my luck with a gluten-free version, and I was super excited that the dough turned out great – not something to take for granted with gluten-free baking as I know from many failed experiments. So, this dough is fluffy and soft…perfect! Then comes a huge layer of sweet baked apples with cinnamon…yum! And finally, everything is topped by a crunchy layer of crumbles with a special ingredient: Coarsely ground whole hemp seeds. Not only do they add an extra crispness, but they also add nutritional value to the cake. Bottom line: Just my cup of tea, oops, I mean, my piece of cake!

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Apple Crumble Cake with Crunchy Whole Hemp Seeds

A fragrant cinnamony apple crumble cake, gluten-free and starring whole hemp seeds in the crunchy crumbles. I can never resist it hot out of the oven!

Prep Time1 hour hr

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Keyword: gluten-free, vegan

Equipment

• Cake tin or springform pan (26 cm / 10 inches)
• A grinder to grind the whole hemp seeds

Ingredients

Metric - US Customary

Filling

• ▢ 1,5 kg apples
• ▢ 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ▢ 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Dough

• ▢ 250 g brown rice flour
• ▢ 130 g starch e.g., cornstarch or tapioca starch
• ▢ 1,5 tsps xanthan gum
• ▢ 1 pinch of salt
• ▢ 2 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 2 teaspoon stevia powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
• ▢ 200 g coconut sugar
• ▢ 100 g apple sauce
• ▢ 150 ml rapeseed oil or any other neutral oil
• ▢ 50 ml water

Crumbles

• ▢ 50 g whole hemp seeds

Instructions

• Peel the apples, remove the cores and cut the apples into thin slices. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Mix all the dry dough ingredients. Add apple sauce, rapeseed oil and water to the dry ingredients and knead the dough well.
• Line the cake tin with baking parchment and layer it with two-thirds of the dough. Make sure to pat some dough up the sides.
• Distribute the apples slices evenly on the dough and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Coarsely grind the whole hemp seeds and mix up with the remaining dough to make the crumble topping. Sprinkle over apples in small chunks until completely covered.
• Bake the cake on the middle rack in a fan oven at 160° C (320° F) for about 40 to 45 minutes.
  You might need to place the cake on the lower rack after 20 minutes if the top
  gets too dark – so make sure to check regularly.

Notes

You can store the cake for a couple of days in an airtight container, but the crumbles won’t be as crunchy anymore as on the first day.