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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.
Can the sugar be replaced with puréed apple and maple syrup, with reduced liquids (oil and milk)??
Yes, use 1/3 cup maple syrup. if you want to eliminate oil, use 2 tbsp appesauce/puree.
Thank you so much for your prompt reply! I will be trying this today!
I made this apple cake for my family over the weekend. It was so good! I am embarrassed to admit that between the 4 of us, it only lasted 1 day! I will make it again soon!
awesome
Gonna try this awesome recipe 🙂
Ringling closed by 21th May, 2017 but you may now 🙂 No elephants or other animals are harmed by them anymore. There’s still hope in this world!!! 🙂
Yes indeed, elephants retired before the closing which was a great step, but no one really knows how they are doing https://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/is-feld-entertainment-preparing-to-move-their-retired-circus-elephants/article_a57f4490-68fa-11e7-a6fb-5f65347ddf1c.html
Ringling closed and there were reports that some tigers were headed to a german circus instead of retiring to sanctuaries or zoos. And there many other circuses still in operation. i’ll let this infographic be.
Still, it’s a big victory, especially because the company existed since 1871. To be honest, I don’t like zoos either. However animal friendly they can be, it’s still captivity. I hope that sanctuaries will be the future, where they can treat sick and abused animals and help breed endangered species and then let them free to the wild.
It’s a good infographic, I bet a lot of people still don’t know the cruelty involving circus life.
Nice sunday to you dear Richa 🙂
Yes, it is a victory for sure. So many people kept demanding removing the wild animals and slowly other circuses are facing that opinion as well. Yes Zoos are awful too.
I’ve made the cake and it’s awesome 🙂 you can check it here
https://www.instagram.com/veg_sis/
I’ve used grinded oatmeal and agave syrup instead of spelt flour and maple syrup. Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
awesome!
Hi Richa…whats the replacement for dipping apples in maple syrup? I dont have maple syrup or molasses….with date paste work?
date paste will work.
absolutely love your recipes! Is this cake freezeable? I wanted to make it ahead and serve a week later. If so, would I simply defrost in the fridge overnight or reheat in oven?
thanks and keep these amazing recipes coming!!
I am not sure how it will do frozen with the apples baked in. The baked Cake will store refrigerated for upto 4 days.
What can I use instead of spelt … don’t have any on hand and can’t run out to the store. Thank you!
wheat flour will work or a mix or all purpose and wheat flour
AMAZING cake! Wonderfully moist and tasty. I used a maple glaze instead of the salted caramel. Yum!
I was wondering if the flaxmeal can be substituted with something else in all your recipes.
chia seeds or chia seed meal will work
Hi Richa, your recipes really are so unbelievable good and tasty, i guess i will double my size because i can not stop eating your delicious food. Thank you for your love and passion you create your meals with. Wishing you all the best.
Hi Richa,
Just wondering how high this cake is supposed to raise? Mine is not even an inch tall…what could I be doing wrong? I used a GF flour blend…do you think this could be the problem?
Thanks
Latifa
Yes gf cakes generally rise lower than regular with gluten flour cakes depending on the flours used. The cake height also depends on the amount of apples.
Thank you!
What GF flour would make it raise higher do you think?
The taste is really good though…