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Christmas Spice Cake (Vegan)

December 14, 2022

Think dates, apple, ginger, mixed spice, vanilla and cinnamon. With a crunchy crumble topping. Divine. And smells just like Christmas.

Ingredients

The Cake Ingredients

1 tbsp melted plant based Nuttelex + extra for greasing cake pan

2 medium apples, grated

250ml almond milk

200g self raising flour

125g almond meal

2 tbsp ground flaxseed

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bicarb soda

1 pinch sea salt flakes

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

150g pitted medjool dates sliced

3 tbsp maple syrup

1 tbsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp ginger powder

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp mixed spice

Crumble Topping

3 tbsp plant based Nuttelex

100g brown sugar

5 tbsp plain flour

100g roughly chopped pecans

1 tsp mixed spice

2 tsp cinnamon

1 pinch sea salt flakes

Tools

high speed blender/ mixer/ food processor

spatula

20 cm cake tin or round with a hole

baking paper (to dry the crumble)

Optional

sift icing sugar on top before serving

Directions

1Preheat oven to 160C fan 180C regular. Grease baking tin with Nuttelex then sprinkle with flour -remove excess.

2Mix all the crumble ingredients in a bowl then place this mixture onto a piece of baking paper and set aside to dry

3Place all the cake ingredients in a food processor or high speed blender & mix into a smooth batter Stop the processor, take lid off scrapping down the sides once & then pop lid on and blitz once more to make sure batter is smooth with no lumps.

4Pour batter into greased & floured cake pan. then top with the crumble mix. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Once cake is cooled, turn out on rack. Optional, dust with icing sugar. Serve with your fave custard or ice-cream. See a great vegan vanilla bean custard recipe here: https://nuttelex.com.au/recipes/spiced-fruit-bake-vegan-gluten-free/

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