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spiced apple oatmeal cake

Spiced Apple Oatmeal Cake

Fragrant and moist, this spiced apple oatmeal cake is crafted with chunks of apple and raisins, crunchy pecans and chewy oats, and a homemade vanilla maple frosting.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert

Equipment

  • Bundt pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups oat flour
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • pinch of allspice
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 flax eggs
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup melted vegan butter
  • 1.5 tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup applesauce
  • 1/3 cup plant milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 cups apples peeled, diced into small cubes
  • 1/3 cup water

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup cold butter
  • 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup

Instructions
 

  • Start by grinding up your rolled oats in a food processor to make the oat flour. If you have store bought oat flour, you may skip this step.
  • Prepare your flax eggs. Combine 2 tablespoons ground flax meal with 5 tablespoons water and set aside to thicken.
  • Then peel and dice the apples into small cubes. Add to a bowl with a tablespoon of lemon juice. Set aside in a small saucepan.
  • Preheat your oven to 350 and grease your cake pan. I used a 9 inch bundt pan.
  • In a medium bowl, add: oat flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, all spice, rolled oats, raisins and pecans. Mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, combine your wet ingredients: flax eggs, maple syrup, melted butter, vanilla, applesauce and milk.
  • Combine the wet and dry ingredients until well incorporated.
  • Take your saucepan of apples and add 1/3 cup of water and 1/2 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce heat to medium. Sautee your apples about 5 minutes until softened.
  • If there is liquid at the bottom of the pan of the saucepan by the time your apples have softened, that's ok. Scoop out your apple cubes with a slotted spoon into your cake batter and fold in with a spatula.
  • Add your batter to the greased cake pan and then bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack. Do not remove the cake from the pan yet - allow it to settle and firm up. After 5 minutes, you can flip the bundt pan over and allow the cake to cool on the cooling rack. Do not apply frosting until your cake is completely cooled to room temperature or your frosting will melt and slide off.

Frosting

  • In a medium bowl, whip the cold butter using a handheld mixer.
  • Add your powdered sugar and whip it into the butter.
  • Once your sugar and butter are fully incorporated, add your vanilla extract and maple syrup and whip in with the hand mixer.
  • To frost your cake, you can use a butter knife or spatula, a frosting bag and tip set, or you can cut the corner of a ziploc bag and frost that way.