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Vegan Spiced Apple Cake with Salted Caramel. Tried tested and loved. All whole grain made with spelt flour and drizzled with salted caramel or date caramel. Makes 1 8 inch cake pan
It is finally getting sunny in the Northwest and warm.. oh so nicely warm. I gave an ultimatum to hubbs to take time off his crazy work hours(most days I see him at 8 pm). There is only so many weeks of beautiful sunny and warm weather. Then it will get too hot and then it will get rainy again.. I think we should declare summer vacation in the Northwest for everyone. 🙂
I can never make pretty cakes with pretty frosting or icing. a- I am just not patient enough and good at the whole frosting/piping/icing process and b- no one in the house likes sweet frosting so even when I do make some, the cake or cupcake will be eaten just because it needs to be. Have you noticed the dearth of cupcakes on the blog:).
Yes, a very sweet chocolate frosting will be discarded too.
What are some of your favorite fruit cakes/quick breads?
More Cakes, Quick Breads, brownies here.
Steps:
Mix flaxmeal in water and let sit for a few minutes. Add the spices, sugar, oil, coconut milk and combine.
Add dry ingredients and mix to combine into a batter.
Toss finely chopped Apples in Maple syrup, then add to batter and fold.
Drop batter into parchment lined cake pan.
Bake until done.
Drizzle with salted caramel or use any other favorite frosting/icing.
Video:
Vegan Spiced Apple Cake with Salted Caramel
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons flaxmeal
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1/2 cup ground raw sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vinegar, I used apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup Spelt flour, , or use wheat flour (pastry flour preferable)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- a generous pinch of nutmeg
- a generous pinch of cardamom powder, optional
- 1 Large Ripe apple chopped small, 1/4 - 1/2 inch
- 2 Tablespoons Maple syrup
- Variations: Add chopped up walnuts/pecans, some crystallized ginger.
Instructions
- Cake:
- In a bowl, add warm water and flaxmeal. Mix and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Add sugar, oil, coconut milk and whisk until sugar is well combined.
- Add vinegar and mix.
- In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients - spelt, baking powder, baking soda, salt, spices.
- Add the dry to the wet and mix until well combined into a smooth batter.
- In a bowl, add chopped apples and maple syrup. Mix well to coat.
- Drop the apples into the batter. Fold to distribute well.
- Drop batter into parchment lined or well greased 8 inch cake pan.
- Bake in pre-heated 365 degrees F / 180ºc for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick from the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes before slicing.
- Drizzle some salted caramel, or a dollop of whipped coconut cream or use cream cheese frosting.
Video
Notes
Add sea salt, mix and take off heat as the mixtures comes to a boil.
(For Coconut cream, refrigerate a can a full-fat coconut milk for a few hours, then open the can and scoop out the thick cream on top) For date caramel use this. To make this cake gluten-free: Mix 2/3 cup almond flour, 1/3 cup rice flour, 3 tbsp potato starch. whisk well. Use a cup of of mix and add more a tbsp at a time to make a thick batter. Nutritional values based on 1 of 8 slices
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I found this Info-graphic about what happens to Elephants in Circuses, especially Ringling Brothers. This also happens to all the other animals in the Circus. They are all uprooted from their natural surroundings, beaten, abused, starved to train and kept locked up almost all their life. It breaks my heart whenever I see a story about an elephant suffering in the name of entertainment.
Same is applicable to any animals or fish in any performance business/theme parks etc.
From Visually.
That spiced apple cake sounds marvelous! It’s definitely one to keep in mind when it’s apple orchard season again!
Richa this looks so moist and delicious!!! Apples with caramel is such an amazing combination 🙂 Love it!
i love the drizzle of caramel on top of this cake! i hear you about making frosting. dayv and i aren’t fans of it, either, and i honestly hate making it. my favorite cupcake topping is chocolate ganache. so easy.
this cake looks spectacular, and i must say, i don’t think i’ve ever eaten apple cake before! same on me.
Thank you so much for sharing another squealingly amazing recipe, and for including the PETA graphic about elephants! More people need to learn about their plight in zoos and circuses…they don’t belong in either one, they will never thrive or be happy there. All of them need to be protected by moving them to superwonderful sanctuaries like the PAWS Sanctuary in California and The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, and of course more needs to be done to protect them in the wild from poachers, land developers and deforestation. I love them so much!
Now I must make your cake…cuz I love spice apples too! 🙂
Hi Richa!
Do you think it would be possible to replace the spelt flour with a gluten-free mix?
Catherine
It should work. Just make sure the batter is not too dry or too wet. Someone on instagram tried with the same measurements using buckwheat flour instead of spelt. It came out great!
Thanks a lot, I am going to try it. It looks easy to make and good to eat!
I’m going to try this g-free, too. My favorite flour combo is sorghum, superfine brown rice, teff, plus a little tapioca starch or sweet rice flour to lighten it up a bit. CAN’T WAIT! This sauce sounds dreamy…..I just want to make it and dip apple slices in it! (Chris in Indiana)
I need to make this cake at once…
Poor elephants and all other circus animals. It will be great to have a worldwide ban on animals in circuses. But I’ve wondered about shows in theme parks which involve animals too – what are your thoughts on this?
I am sur eyou will like it Rajani!
the same problem is applicable to animals in theme parks as well. For example, whales in sea world are captured from the ocean and put in captivity. Read this about how Seaworld trained Tillikum by keeping it in dark small tanks for hours everyday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308931/SeaWorld-Film-accuses-theme-park-turning-Tilikum-killer-Dawn-Brancheaus-death.html
I can imagine how lovely this cake has tasted!
How could anything drizzled in caramel NOT be a crowd pleaser 😉
I agree:)
just came out of the oven delicious!!! thnx!!!
Awesome!! Thanks for making it so quickly:) <3
apple cake is looking yummy and the pics are good.
Thanks Dassana!