Salted Caramel Apple Cake
Ingredients
- 3 small to medium-sized apples
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour*
- 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/4 cup almond butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax seeds + 4 tbsp water)
Salted caramel sauce
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup coconut milk or cream*
- Pinch of sea salt
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 F/175 C.
Make flax eggs by mixing water and ground flax seeds.
Peel and core apples. Finely dice two of them, and slice the third.
Add oat and whole wheat flour, baking powder, and cinnamon to a mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, stir together apple sauce, apple cider vinegar, almond butter, vanilla extract, and flax eggs.
Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir just until everything is combined.
In a small saucepan, bring coconut sugar and coconut milk to a simmer, and stir until sugar has melted and sauce begins to thicken. Use low heat to avoid burning. Add sea salt at the end.
Pour half of the caramel sauce into a small bowl, and set aside. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
Mix chopped apples with the other half of the sauce, then fold them into the cake batter.
Pour batter into a lightly greased cake pan and top with apple slices and a drizzle of the caramel sauce.
Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cake cool down and serve with any remaining caramel sauce.
