Healthy Apple Cake
This Healthy Apple Cake packs all the good apple cinnamon flavors in a moist dessert. Made with oats and wholesome ingredients, this easy apple cake recipe makes the perfect guilt-free treat for desserts, breakfasts and snacks! Oil-free, dairy-free and gluten-free.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2 apples cored and diced
Dry Ingredients
- 200 grams (2 cups) oat flour sub with wholewheat flour (or rolled oats, see notes*)
- 50 grams (½ cup) rolled oats
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ⅙ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Wet Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 180 grams (¾ cup) applesauce unsweetened
- 80 ml (¼ cup) maple syrup or honey
- 60 ml (¼ cup) almond butter or preferred nut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180°C (350°F) and fold a 15 cm x 15 cm (7 inch x 7 inch) baking pan with parchment paper.
- Peel and dice the apples into small pieces.
- In a large bowl, combine applesauce with eggs, maple syrup, almond butter and vanilla extract. Once combined, whisk in ground cinnamon and mix until smooth.
- Using a rubber spatula or fork, stir in oat flour, rolled oats, baking powder and salt. Mix wet and dry ingredients together until you get a smooth batter.
- Fold in the peeled apples, cut into small chunks.
- Pour the batter into your prepared pan. Bake in hot oven for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of your apple cake comes out clean. Let cool over a baking rack or dish before slicing.
Notes
This healthy apple cake recipe can also be prepared with rolled oats. For this you will need to make oat flour first, by adding the rolled oats to a high speed blender and processing until you get a fine powder (which is simply oat flour).
Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice | Calories: 146.2kcal | Carbohydrates: 23.9g | Protein: 4.4g | Fat: 4.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.9g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 133.6mg | Potassium: 165.8mg | Fiber: 3.2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 66.3IU | Vitamin C: 1.6mg | Calcium: 77.8mg | Iron: 1.2mg
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