Ingredients
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- 1 cup all-purpose flour + 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour (or 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour blend)
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp ground all spice (or use ground cloves)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg (or substitute with 1 tbsp flax mixed with 3 tbsp water)
- 2/3 cup Greek extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup water or apple cider (whichever you have on hand)
- 1 cup grated apple (about one small apple)
- 1 cup finely chopped apple (about one small apple)
- 1 apple, skin-on & thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp olive oil + 1 tbsp sugar for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line your loaf pan (8×4 standard loaf pan or 9×4 pullman pan with a sheet of parchment. Set aside.
- Whisk flour with cinnamon, cardamom, clove, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
- Whisk egg (or flax egg) with sugars, 2/3 cup oil and water or cider in a large bowl. The mixture will emulsify and look homogenous.
- With a spatula, stir flour mixture into wet mixture. Fold in grated apples and then fold in chopped apples. Scrape batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Arrange overlapping apple slices on the top of the bread. Brush apple slices with a bit of olive oil and then sprinkle the top with sugar.
- Bake in center of oven until a tester inserted into cake comes out clean, about 70 min.
- Transfer to a rack to cool. Let cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Keeps well at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Notes
**When it comes to the spices, you can adjust them based on your personal preference. Greek baked goods tend to be pretty generously spiced, so feel free to take the liberty of leaving out the all spice and cardamom if you prefer your desserts less spiced. But we absolutely love the cardamom & all spice in this cake ;)
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Cuisine: Greek
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
