Air Fryer Apple Cake
A delicious snack cake loaded with apples and walnuts.
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
The Dry Ingredients
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cups light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
The Wet Ingredients
- 1 large egg, beaten
- ½ cup neutral tasting vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 - 2 teaspoons water, as needed
The Stars of the Show
- 1½ cups finely diced tart apple (like Granny Smith) 2 - 3 whole apples depending on size
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Instructions
- Peel, core and dice the apples into small pieces.
- Chop the nuts as necessary
- In a large mixing bowl, measure all the dry ingredients and stir well to combine.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg with the oil and vanilla.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet mix. Add the apples and nuts on top. Stir to combine.
- The dough should be crumbly and damp; more like streusel than cake batter. If too dry, add a teaspoon of water at a time until the dough is evenly moist.
- Prepare the baking dish with cooking spray and set the Ninja Foodi to Air Bake for 35 minutes at 350°F/180°C.
- When the oven is preheated slide in the baking dish and bake, turning the dish about halfway through. The cake is done when the top of the snack cake is golden brown, the edges of the cake will have pulled away from the sides, and a toothpick inserted into the center come out clean.
Notes
If you'd rather bake in a standard oven, no worries. There's no need to change anything except maybe the cook time. The cues the cake is finished are the same: golden brown color on top, the edges of the cake will pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center will come out clean. For those who prefer taller slices of cake, choose an 8 or 9 inch (20 or 23 cm) square pan and increase the cooking time to 40 minutes. The rest of the cues for doneness are the same as above. This recipe has only been tested in the Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fryer. If you have the kind with a drawer or a basket you'll probably get better results in your conventional oven.