Maple and Walnut Applesauce Cake

Serves 12
Time 45 min
Maple and Walnut Applesauce Cake

Though it's equally delicious on its own, try topping squares of this spiced cake with dollops of applesauce or almond butter. As a breakfast cake, it's great served alongside scrambled eggs or tofu with bacon or tempeh sausage.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    2 cupswhole wheat pastry flour
    1 1/2 teaspoonsground cinnamon
    1 teaspoonbaking soda
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    3/4 cupmaple syrup
    1/4 cupcanola oil
    2 largeeggs
    1 cupunsweetened applesauce
    1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
    1/2 cupchopped walnuts

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Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly oil a 9-inch square cake pan.


In a medium bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside.


In a large bowl, whisk together syrup and oil.


Whisk in eggs until combined.


Whisk in applesauce and vanilla then add reserved flour mixture and whisk, beating well for 3 minutes.


Stir in walnuts.


Spoon batter into prepared pan.


Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Set aide to let cake cool in pan, then cut into squares and serve.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

200

Total Fat

9g

Saturated Fat

0.5g

Cholesterol

35mg

Sodium

220mg

Total Carbohydrate

28g

Dietary Fiber

2g

Total Sugars

14g

Protein

4g

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