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French Apple Cake
Calories: 198kcal
Apples are in season here in North Carolina so it is time to do some absolutely delightful baking. Delicate layers of sweet/tart apples make this a show stopper dessert, equally as delicious as it is beautiful. The perfect dessert for a blustery fall day.
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Ingredients
Cake Filling
- 3 large apples preferably Honey Crisp or apples that are sweet and crisp
- ½ cup organic rolled oats ground into flour
- ¼ cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- ½ cup deglet dates
- ¾ cup soy milk unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Top Batter
- ⅓ cup almond flour
- ⅓ cup deglet dates
- ¾ cup soy milk unsweetened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup slivered almonds toasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Core apples and cut them into quarters.
- Mandolin slice the apples.
- Add the oat four, almond flour, baking powder and nutritional yeast to a large bowl and stir together.
- Add the dates, soy milk and vanilla to a blender and blend until the dates are pulverized.
- Pour the soy milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir well.
- Add the apple slices to the the batter and massage gently until all of the apple slices are coated with the batter.
- Line a 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch springform pan with parchment paper.
- Layer the apple slices into the pan one layer at a time.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Blend the top batter soy milk, dates and vanilla together.
- Stir remaining top batter ingredients into the soy milk mixture and pour over the cake making sure that some of the batter creeps down the sides.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Raise the oven temperature to 400°F and bake for another 5 minutes to brown the top.
- Let the cake sit for 10 minutes before taking the springform off.
- Sprinkle the slivered almonds on top for decoration.
- Let the cake rest for at least 20 minutes before cutting.
- Keep in the fridge for up to a week in an airtight container.
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Nutrition
Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 313mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 221IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 1mg
