Apple Sauce Cake
This is the best vegan and gluten-free apple sauce cake recipe. It's healthy, naturally sweetened and absolutely delicious.
Equipment
- 1 Cake Tin
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds
- 100 ml water
- 300 g apple sauce unsweetened
- 170 g coconut sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 200 g gluten-free oat flour
- 70 g brown rice flour
- 60 g tapioca starch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the ground flaxseeds and water. Set aside for 5 minutes to thicken.
- Add the applesauce, coconut sugar and vanilla to the flaxseed mixture. Whisk until uniform.
- In another bowl, whisk together the oat flour, brown rice flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk until uniform and lump-free.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. Stir until evenly mixed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, until browned on top and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.
Notes
- You can swap the tapioca starch for potato starch.
- This cake tastes absolutely delicious with some extra apple sauce, maple syrup or caramelised apples on top.