Since fall is lastly right here, and apple season is in full swing, I’m all concerning the apple baked items currently. It’s the good time to do some baking now that it’s cooling down just a little outdoors. I used to be actually craving some spice cake, so final weekend I made a decision to bake a Vegan Maple Apple Spice Cake! I had the entire substances readily available so it was good!
This cake makes use of apple sauce, which you possibly can both make your self by cooking apples and pureeing them, or use retailer purchased which I did this time to avoid wasting time. I all the time have apple sauce readily available as a result of I exploit it in a few of my vegan baked items. For the flour on this I used a complete wheat pastry flour however you possibly can use common all function flour or gluten free all function baking flour (equivalent to Bob’s Pink Mill gluten free all function baking flour which I’ve used with success earlier than) for those who wished to make this gluten free. I used granulated sugar, however you possibly can use maple sugar for those who wished just a little extra of a pronounced maple taste and barely extra pure sugar.
For my spice combine, I used a mix of cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg as a result of I like this mix with apples. I additionally added in vanilla extract and maple extract to make this cake additional aromatic and scrumptious! The cake batter tasted great, and I knew it could be even higher as soon as baked! It made my kitchen odor so heavenly whereas baking! A scrumptious cake deserves scrumptious frosting, so I made some vegan maple buttercream for this one. Buttercream is my favourite vegan frosting as a result of it’s easy to make and so creamy and scrumptious! I additionally added toasty pecans to embellish the cake as a result of I like them with desserts like this!
I couldn’t wait to attempt it, and this cake turned out tremendous scrumptious! A mushy, gentle and fluffy texture, aromatic with the aroma of candy spices, vanilla and maple and the luscious frosting was the proper accomplice for it! The pecans I added to the highest gave it a pleasant nutty crunch! If you’re within the temper for cake, positively give this Vegan Maple Apple Spice Cake a attempt!
Vegan Maple Apple Spice Cake
Makes 1 6 inch 2 layer cake
Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups natural complete wheat pastry flour (or common AP flour)
- 1 cup granulated sugar or maple sugar
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 1/4 tsp floor nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup apple sauce
- 1/4 cup avocado oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp maple extract
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp oat milk (I used Oatly, however you should use what you like) or different plant primarily based milk
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
Frosting:
- 1 1/2 cups vegan butter, I used Earth Stability (at room temperature)
- 2 Tbsp plant primarily based milk (I used Oatly oat milk, however you should use what you like), add 1 extra Tbsp if wanted if frosting comes out too stiff
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp maple extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
For adorning:
- 1/2 cup toasted roughly chopped pecans
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F levels and place rack in heart of oven.
- Line two six-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides with parchment paper. Coat parchment paper and pan sides with nonstick spray.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, spices, salt, and sugar in a big bowl to mix properly. Whisk apple sauce, oil, vanilla extract, maple extract and milk collectively in small bowl to mix properly, then whisk into the flour combination till properly blended. Whisk in cider vinegar till pale swirls type within the batter and it’s properly mixed.
- Switch cake batter to ready pans and bake desserts till tester inserted into heart comes out clear with a number of crumbs hooked up, about half-hour. Take away from oven.
- Cool desserts utterly in pan on rack, about 1 hour. Reduce round sides of pans to loosen. Flip desserts out onto two plates; peel off parchment paper.
- To make the frosting, beat the butter with the milk and vanilla and maple till fluffy.
- Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, and beat till utterly combined and light-weight and fluffy (if the frosting is just too stiff add that different Tbsp of milk).
- When able to frost, Place one cake layer on a plate, unfold about 1/2 inch thick layer of the frosting over it.
- Place the subsequent cake layer on high.
- Unfold the remaining frosting on the highest and down the perimeters of the cake evenly, sprinkle the highest with the pecans, then place the remainder of the frosting in a pastry bag and use it to embellish the highest (you’ll be able to tint it with meals coloring first for those who like). This frosting recipe makes sufficient that you must be capable of do some beneficiant piping decorations on high, as a result of I like a whole lot of frosting!
- Serve the cake and luxuriate in!
Retailer any leftover cake within the fridge for as much as 1 week in a coated container.
