Spiced Apple Loaf Cake

Spiced Apple Loaf Cake

Vegan & Gluten Free

Ingredients

175g coconut oil, melted 

9 tablespoons aquafaba (chickpea water) *

250g oat flour (or any other flour of choice)

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 apples, peeled and cored 

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 

6 cardamon pods, cracked open and ground up in a pestle and mortar

3 tablespoons icing sugar 

1 tablespoon juice of orange or orange juice 

1 teaspoons vanilla essense 

Edible rose petals to decorate 

Method

Heat oven to 180°C. Grease or line a loaf tin with baking paper. Set aside. 

Finely slice 1⁄2 an apple, then dice the rest into 1cm cubes and set aside.

In a mixing bowl add aquafaba and whisk for 3-5 minutes until light and foaming.

Add sugar and coconut oil  whisk together until well combined. 

Add flour of choice, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamon, mix together until combined. 

Fold in cubed apples. 

Add to loaf tin. Scatter finely sliced apple pieces over the top of the cake.

Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a knife/toothpick comes out clean. 

Allow to cool in tin for 10 minutes then transfer onto wire rack.

For the drizzle, mix the vanilla essense and orange juice into the icing sugar to make a thick, smooth paste. Drizzle over the cake and scatter with rose petals before slicing and serving.

*Option to use 3 eggs if you do not require the cake to be vegan.*