Did you ever think a cake made with whole wheat flour, flax seed and grated apples could taste so amazing you’d want three slices? Well, that’s exactly what’s happening here. Let’s do this!
This recipe was made in partnership with Bob’s Red Mill using their whole-wheat flour, which provides a rustic, hearty texture that I adore.
Whole-wheat flour also packs more nutrition that your average cake made with all purpose, and complements the rolled oats, molasses, and brown sugar perfectly. 
This recipe requires just 1 bowl, simple ingredients and comes together in about 1 hour. A cake in one bowl in one hour? Yes, dreams do come true.
Speaking of dreams coming true, check out this vegan cream cheese frosting! Just 4 ingredients and you have a luxurious, creamy frosting that takes this cake to the next level.
This cake is my new fall and winter favorite. It’s:
Hearty
Rustic
Gingerbread-infused
Perfectly sweet
Moist
Tender
Subtly spiced
Simple
Shareable
& Altogether perfect
Might I suggest this cake for holiday gatherings? Your friends will love you forever.
Because of its healthier ingredients, I would even argue it could be an acceptable brunch item (yes, I went there). Or, if you’re like John and me, enjoy a slice in the afternoon with hot tea.
If you make this cake, please let us know! Leave a comment or take a picture and tag it #minimalistbaker on Instagram! We love seeing our recipes come to life in your kitchens.
Cheers, friends!
- 2 flax eggs (2 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 5 Tbsp water)
- 1/4 cup organic cane sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp molasses
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup grape seed oil (or sub canola, olive or melted coconut with varied results)
- 1 1/4 cup grated apple, loosely packed (~3 apples, a mix of sweet + tart)
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk (sub up to 1/2 cup with water)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Whole-Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup vegan cream cheese, softened (such as Tofutti or Trader Joe’s brand)
- 1/3 cup vegan butter, softened (such as Earth Balance | butter sticks are best, not the spreadable tub)
- 2 1/2 - 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup flour (this is optional for thickening | alternatively sub more powdered sugar)
- optional: 1 cup chopped pecans for topping
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (162 C) and butter two round cake pans, or an 8x8 baking dish. Add flour to coat, then shake out excess and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, prepare flax eggs by mixing flaxseed and water and let rest.
- Core apples (no need to peel) and grate. I recommend a mix of finely grated, and coarsely grated. Place grated apple on a clean dish towel and gently squeeze to remove about half of the juice. Set aside. (P.S. you should totally drink that apple juice.)
- To the flax egg, add sugars, molasses, oil, vanilla, almond milk, grated apples, and whisk.
- Set a sifter over something to catch fall out and add dry ingredients in this order: 1 cup whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, remaining 1/2 cup whole wheat flour. Stir gently with a spoon, then sift over wet ingredients and stir to combine, being careful not to over mix).
- Lastly, add oats and stir again to combine, being careful not to over mix. The batter should be thick but pourable. If it appears too thick, add a bit more almond milk to thin and stir.
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan(s). If you're dividing between two pans, it may look like there’s not enough batter but there is! Spread it in an even layer and it will rise while baking.
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes if using 2 round cake pans or about 40-50 minutes for an 8x8. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean and the edges should be visibly browned. Remove from oven and set out on counter to cool completely.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare frosting. To the same mixing bowl (rinsed clean), add softened cream cheese, softened butter and beat or whisk vigorously to combine. Then add powdered sugar in 1/2 cup increments until thick and spreadable.
- Add flour at the end to thicken (optional - or just more powdered sugar). You want this frosting to be pretty thick so it won’t slide off the cake, so keep adding flour and/or powdered sugar until it reaches the right consistency.
- Once the cake is completely cooled, add 1/3 of the frosting to the top of the bottom layer and spread into an even layer. Then add the top layer of cake and frost generously with remaining frosting, coating sides last. Add crushed pecans on the edges (optional), slice and serve.
- The cake should be stored covered in the fridge for optimal freshness, and should keep for 3-4 days. Move to the freezer after that, and thaw at room temp before serving.
*Recipe adapted from my Vegan Gluten-Free Apple Muffins
*Frosting recipe from my Gluten-Free Zucchini Cake
This post was sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Minimalist Baker.
I’d eat this for Brunch! And that frosting—- oooh. Looks fantabulous.
You get me.
One bowl for this beauty?! YES please!! And so many good for you ingredients packed into this cake as well. Love it!
Would it be ok to sub applesauce for the oil? And is blackstrap molasses too intense for this? Thank you in advance! I’d like to make this for Christmas.
I don’t think it would be too intense, but feel free to scale back if you’re worried. You can sub applesauce for up to half of the oil, but it will affect the texture. Good luck!
I love baking but sometimes it’s just so much work. This looks simple and delectable. I think this will be a great cake for my daughter’s birthday.
Yes! Healthier birthday cake to the rescue. Hope you all love it!
This cake was soooo good! Thanks for bringing it to Ali’s house, it was an honor to eat your food!
Ah, yay! It FINALLY made its appearance! haha – good memory!
This cake looks fantastic! I’m all about the molasses these days!
I think I found my birthday cake for this year! Yay! This looks absolutely AMAZING Dana!
DO IT – perfect winter birthday cake!
This looks absolutely marvelous! I love the idea of adding grated apple to gingerbread – this cake looks deliciously moist. And I never even noticed that Trader Joe’s had vegan cream cheese…I’ll have to keep an eye out for it, because I know my family would adore this cake!
Yeah! It hides near the tofu – it was quite the find!
omg, this looks amazing! props !
Yummy!
I’ve been looking at gingerbread cakes everywhere these days–this one sounds so simple and lovely though! I’m just about to dig into my Bob’s Red Mill stash as well, so I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Yay! Hope you love it Ala!
Hi Dana,
I am a superfan of your blog, and I love making your recipes! Do you think this cake would work as a bundt? I can totally see this on my christmas dessert menu but want a bundt for the centerpiece. Do you think it will stick to the bundt and make me crazy, or should I go for it?
Hi Chelsea! Great question (and thanks for the love). Hmm, I say go for it! I had no problems with sticking in my cake pans, so it should be find as long as it’s buttered and floured as I mention in the instructions. Let me know how it goes if you try it!
This sounds so amazing! My husband has a slight allergy to flax seed so I try to avoid it for him. Any suggestions for baking without flax? Maybe a chia egg?
Yes! A chia egg should do well here. Otherwise, try 3 Tbsp pumpkin puree!
Thanks so much! I’ll have to report back when once I’ve made it. :)
Do you think this could be made with Rice flower? Looks amazing!
oops, I meant ‘flour’:)
Hmm, not sure! If you give it a try, let me know!
Hey Dana,
I’ve noticed that your desserts tend to use vegan butter (earth balance) in them, do you know any other alternatives other than earth balance that I could use in this recipe for the cream cheese frosting?
Thanks!
or actually, maybe i could even eliminate the butter?
I love Bob’s Red Mill everything. Do you know you can visit their headquarters and eat their specialty pancakes? Worth the trip to Oregon City. The frosting looks amazing, btw. Might just make that and eat it with a spoon. :)
My house has what is like to call a MBA(Minimalist baker addiction). My freezer is always full of your WW waffles and pancakes. You own the recipe for our absolute favorite one bowl chocolate cake. I’m positive this will be a well loved recipe of yours as well! Xoxo Washington
Ah yay! That made my day! Thanks for sharing, Sandy!
Wowzers.. This. You. Too perfect.
This looks great! I want to make it for my mom!! Any ideas on how to make it gluten free?
This looks SO good, I’m a ginger addict so will definitely be trying this out! Thanks x x
Need dat cake in my bellayyyy. And I’m still swooning over those utensils :D
If I read correctly, the frosting has raw flour in it. From what I know, raw flour is one of the reasons that you should not eat raw cookie dough (raw eggs are the potentially another reason).
So, maybe a nut flour or similar product should be substituted. Otherwise, looks very moist and tasty!
Thanks for sharing! I think a nut flour would work OK in this recipe. However, over that I would recommend just using more powdered sugar.
This cake looks SO delicious. Definitely craving a thick slice of it devour right now… a recipe i need to make too, I can never go past a great one bowl wonder!
This cake looks amazing and I can’t believe it uses so little effort, utensils and ingredients! I’m definitely going to give this a go! Thanks for sharing. Fi xx
let me tell you: I looove your 1bowl recipes! This is exactly my point of view. I hate too difficult prepartaion and this is great!
Thanks for sharing. Also – your pictures are amazing (like always). I bough your course few months ago and I hope that mine pics are improved as well :)
So great! Thanks for sharing and for the kind words! xoxo
I made this yesterday. It turned out great! I subbed coconut milk (from the carton) for the almond milk, and I made a butter cream frosting instead. I also only needed to bake for 25 minutes, and a toothpick came out clean. I love the healthier ingredients! It did take quite a bit longer to make, because of the apples, but it was worth it!
Lovely! Thanks for sharing, Lindsay!
This recipe is amazing! I made it Friday night and it was gone Saturday. So I made it again Sunday and it will be gone by Tuesday. Super easy recipe and amazingly YUMMY!!
Um yes… of course it would taste amazing! You made it. Plus, you are the 1-bowl queen! Win, win all around. xx
Just wanted to let you know that I adapted it to make it sugar and gluten free and it turned out great!
What type of gluten free flour did you use Rebecca? I was thinking oat flour would taste okay
I used a mix of oat and brown rice flour, and I also added a bit of flax seed mixed with hot water.
This cake looks amazing. I will definitely be trying this out during the X-Mas family gathering.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh my, yum! I bet you could swap the grated apple for grated carrots for a bomb-diggity carrot cake! I will take one of each, please.
Renee
I really need to contain myself from licking the screen right now.
This cake is fantastic. I adapted to make it gluten free by using my favourite GF flour and adding xantham gum. The results were wonderful! Posting a pic on Instagram.
Do you have any sugar free recipes. I am diabetic. I know I can use Stevia in the Raw for the cane sugar but what can I substitute for the brown sugar and molasses.
Hubs says this cake is heavenly. I did add cloves and more ginger as I love those spices. I also used fresh lemon juice instead of vanilla in frosting. I toasted the pecans. It is a delicious, hearty, yet moist cake that we will enjoy again!
Whoop! Love it. Thanks for sharing, Jeri!
I am going to be honest and say that 99% of the time I have no desire to go Vegan or Vegetarian or Gluten Free, but when I see your recipes, I think I might actually not mind it. Your recipes always look delicious, and the things I have made always turn at well. Just wanted to say, keep up the good work, and maybe you will convert this dedicated omnivore one day. :)
haha, best compliment ever!! Thanks, Tanya!
This looks SO good! I’ve been pecan obsessed lately so I can’t to mix it with this cake beauty.
Has anyone tried this with gluten-free flour?!
Not yet, to my knowledge, but I would suggest my GF blend!
This is wonderful- thank you!
Recipe looks divine!I live in South Africa and we really don’t flax eggs and other fancy products.what could I substitute It with?
chia seeds, or just 3 Tbsp pureed pumpkin or butternut squash!
Hi Dana,
I love Minimalist Baker and all your blog really inspires me! Recently, I started my own blog too. I’m creating a list of holiday recipes to share and I was wondering if it was okay to feature this one by using one of your pictures and linking it to this original post. Of course, I will provide all the proper credits. Please let me know, thanks!
oops theres a typo in the first sentence haha..
Yes! Thanks Rachel. Follow our sharing guidelines and you should be good!
Hi, I subbed GF flour for the WW, and the icing I made sugar free with; one & 1/2 cups of light cream cheese, 1/4 c butter, 1/4 c maple syrup, 1 tsp vanilla, & 1/2 tsp of maple flavoring, it was delicious & the icing wasn’t too sweet.
Great, thanks for sharing Roberta!
Do you think this would work for cupcakes? Thank you!
Saw the notes about freezing the cake, does it come out all OK once it’s put in there?
I made this as my bday cake and it is delicious. Made it last night, refrigerated it, and served it as breakfast – we have a family tradition of eating bday cake for breakfast rather than desert at night so we don’t have to wait as long to celebrate! I highly recommend this recipe and would definitely make it again. It’s worth noting, I love all your recipes I’ve made thus far – maybe 5 or so – they never disappoint. Well done, Dana!
I made this cake for my family holiday dessert. It was delicious! Everyone loved it. I did ad lib a bit in making it as I don’t own a sifter and did my usual mixing of dry ingrediants in a bowl with a wink. I also added pumpkin pie spice rather than cinnimon and added it to the frosting as well.. Also put the shredded apple in a glass measuring cup and pressed juice into a cup rather than a towel.. I just had a piece for breakfast and it was so yummy with my coffee. Will definitely be using this recipi again soon.
Great! So great you loved it. Thanks, Michelle!!
AMAZING! Huge hit at Christmas Eve dinner.
Love it! Thanks for sharing, Jana!
We made it with local spelt flour, local apples and decorated with gingerbread cookies adapted from this Martha Stewart recipe: http://www.marthastewart.com/949872/honey-spice-gingerbread-cookies
I want to send a photo but I’m not on Instagram!
Yay! You can send us an email if you’d like!
We made it three times already! Photo: http://t.co/g3jGCK3UEF & http://t.co/NrRehIy4Vx I recommend subbing a fruit & nut muesli for the oats & candied ginger for ginger. Suggestions to reduce sugar in frosting?
I made this today to bring to Christmas dinner and my family (vegans and omnivores) loved it! I’m definitely making it an annual tradition.
Ah, yay! Thanks for sharing, Amanda! xoxo
Made this for Christmas, everybody loved it! I ended up using 2 square pans because it turns out I only have one circle pan haha. In the end, everything was fine!
Made this tonight for my hubby’s birthday. So darn good. Made a Cookie butter frosting to top it off. This was my first time making a cake from scratch. It was amazingly easy. Thanks
Made this cake for company a few days ago using GF flour. Turned out fine. My husband loved it – he said he loved the fact that the cake is not sweet but the icing is – a good balance. I am not a “sweetie” so I found the icing too sweet for my liking. There were no leftovers the next day – a good sign!
I made this for a group of omnis last night and they loved it! I love the texture of the grated apple in the cake. I changed up the frosting a bit because I was out of vegan cream cheese: used 1/2 stick earth balance with 3-4 T of cookie butter (!) and added about 2 cups of powdered sugar with a little vanilla and cinnamon too. It was amazing!
Thanks for sharing, taylor! So glad everyone enjoyed it!
Just made this tonight and it was a hit with the whole family.
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I just recently found your website and love it. I make vegan cakes all the time and I’m looking forward to making this on. Does the flour in the frosting taste like flour? I never thought of using flour to thicken frosting.
HI
I am from the UK so cook in Celsius. The temperature seemed very low but I went with it. The cake just didn’t cook through the middle. I don’t understand why!
I worked it out as about 160 degrees C
Any suggestions??
Thanks
I could tell the taste should have been great!
So good! Has anyone tried baking this in two loaf pans? If so how did you adapt the time or how should I adapt it if I try that?
I’d recommend baking it in one loaf pan! Not sure on the baking time, but probably at least double. Let me know how it goes!
I’m not much of a baker, but this is so great…made it three times in two weeks. Spectacular. Shared with many in person, and on instagram and Facebook, always including your blog. Perhaps an oddball sub…I used pomegranate molasses instead of conventional (which would sit in my pantry for years), to good effect. Also, I always used a bundt pan and was always fine. (It does shrink a bit once out of the oven.) I came on tonight to ask about cupcake adaptation. Any thoughts..? (I see puravida asked above but there’s no answer.) Again..I’m not much of a baker..! Thank you.
Just made this for my mums 81 St birthday
Thanks we all loved it!!! Amazing …
Any ideas to sub for all the icing sugar? I might use half of the amount…..
I just made the ugliest version of this cake and have too much respect for your consistently excellent recipes to tag it. It tasted wonderful but looked a hot mess. I believe I put too many apples.
To be clear! It was my mistake and I’ll be making it again without trying to eyeball the apple. ?
Thanks for sharing. Made this today (with extra ginger in the cake and a tub of Tofutti in the frosting!) and it’s delicious.
This cake and icing are fantastic. I did it as a test bake for Thanksgiving and this cake is so moist and has such good flavor. I’m so glad I found this recipe!
hi, why did you used oats in the recipe? is it for texture? can it leave it out?
It was for texture + nutrition, but yes, you can leave it out.
Thanks for this recipe – I’ve been looking forward to baking this now that Autumn is here. Should it call for 2 apples or … ?
Best,
Tania
Olivehurst, CA
Dana, this is going to be Thanksgiving dessert—but I have a friend who insists that the recipe won’t work because there is no acid like lemon juice or vinegar! (She also says you can’t trust a blog—I’ve tried to tell her your recipes have been nothing short of excellent).
Seems like lots of people have made this and loved it—-so Judith is wrong, correct?
Hi Ellen! Molasses is slightly acidic, so it helps the cake rise. To give it even more rise, add 1 tsp lemon juice or vinegar to the almond milk! Good luck!
Fantastic! We did add a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Moist, like hummingbird cake. Liked the frosting as well. Maybe next time we would add raisins (for reasons I can’t explain—maybe just to put our own signature on it, because really it was perfect).
Thanks for a great Thanksgiving cake….and for all you do, all year round.
Looks great! Is there a substitute I could use for the vegan butter? I only have Earth Balance available to me and it has palm oil in it. Just wondering thanks :)
This is my first Christmas being vegan and I’m excited to try all of your amazing holiday recipes. Is there a sub for the apples in the recipe? My fiancé has a severe sensitivity to apples, but he loves ginger!
Hmm, maybe carrot? Good luck!
will regular all purpose flour work for this or does it need to be whole wheat flour?
Hi Dana. The pictures of this cake are incredible. I want to eat it now. I don’t have the ingredients for the frosting so I’m wondering if this recipe would be good for muffins? Or maybe I can find another frosting recipe on here with ingredients I have on hand…I just don’t have the vegan cream cheese.
Thanks!
Have you considered a 2.0 o
Have you considered a 2.0 of this recipe? (Gluten free, please)
Hi – This recipe looks perfect! I’d like to make it while my Mother in Law is in town, but she doesn’t do soy. Do you think the frosting would still be good if I left out the vegan cream cheese and just used non-soy Earth Balance? Thanks!
I made the cake, the icing was fine but the actually cake while texture was good had absolutely no flavour or sweetness :/ I followed the recipe exactly. I made it for xmas day, such a let down when my family already think vegan food sucks :(
Finally made this today (a bit slow I know) and. It. Is. AMAZING! Thank you for all the recipes you share on here, I absolutely love your blog :D
Made this in cupcakes for a snack for my dairy/egg allergic son. Halved the sugar and left off the icing. He LOVES them!!!
I subbed olive oil as well as used pears instead of apples, but it turned out quite (and I mean overly) moist? Usually like that but this time it was too much. Wasn’t a great texture however the icing was absolutely perfect. Tastes good, just the texture wasn’t good! Perhaps due to the subs I made :)
Delicious!! And easy! I threw together a coconut oil based buttercream with vanilla, ginger and apple cider vinegar and it was great with the cake. But I think it would be just as delicious uniced. I’ll keep this recipe up my sleeve as a go to afternoon tea cake I think! Thanks!
I substituted the apples for carrots, came out amazing! Love this cake and so does everyone I’ve made it for.
I made this for Rosh Hashana and it was a hit. I’m giving it 4 stars instead of 5 for two reasons: first, the cake itself was just a wee bit bland, and second, it was actually almost *too* moist in the center, to the point of almost soggy. Neither of these things kept us from gobbling it up, though! The icing was perfect. I put pecans on the outside just like in the picture. I will definitely make again, but probably play with the spices a bit, and I may try with carrots rather than apples at some point, as well.
Fantastic! The flavor was amazing! Overall an amazing recipe and I will definitely make again. I gave it 4/5 stars for a two reasons: I used two 9 in cake pans and they were quite thin, but it still worked. It doesn’t specify what size in the recipe so I’m curious, what size do you recommend? And secondly I found it to be almost too moist, almost mushy…but this was not a huge deal. I’m wondering if I didn’t squeeze out enough of the apple juice? This is another thing that would be beneficial to specify in the recipe, how much juice should be squeezed out? (like a measurement) My batter was pretty runny. I made a vegan orange vanilla buttercream frosting with vegan butter, powdered sugar, orange zest and vanilla…which was a huge hit!
Another excellent recipe. I subbed 1/4 cup apple sauce for half the oil.
I had apple butter in the slow cooker and with that smell in my house went searching for a spicy apple dessert. I subbed gluten free flour mix for the flour (adding an additional 1/4 cup as I often do when subbing for wheat flour) and baked the cake in a bundt pan. My son and I both ate a big piece last night and now I have a perfect snack for my fall hike today. This recipe is a keeper!
Is there a substitute for molasses that I can use?
Thanks,
Akhila
Hmm, maple syrup? Or brown rice syrup? It is pretty key to the flavor, though. Best of luck!
Dana, trying to find a dairy free dessert recipe for my GF’s daughter who is college age. This looks dairy free to me, yes? or how could I adapt the recipe to make this dairy free. Ron in Dallas.
Yes!
I made this cake for my vegan family members for Thanksgiving. I also made the vegan pot pie, including the vegan biscuits, and the mashed potato and cauliflower vegan side dish, all from this website and all in time for Thanksgiving lunch today! They were all delicious, but the cake was a big hit. I am not a particularly good cook, but found these recipes very easy to follow. I would recommend using a food processor for grating the apples as I realized I wasn’t going to have time to do it with the manual grater. I used about 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar to get the icing thick enough, and it was sweet, but yummy! Thank you for such a wonderful resource for vegan cooking!
Absolutely delicious, love the moist apples in the middle. This will be my new birthday cake every year. Thank you!
I’m wondering if you can substitute some or all of it with All-purpose flour?
That should work!
Would i use the exact same amount of cups? I’m making it today
My husband made this today so we could have a nice treat after decorating our Christmas tree. We couldn’t wait so we had a slice pre-decorating because it just smelled so amazing! It reminds me of fruit cake but, next level.
Alas, this recipe flopped for me! It ended up WAY too wet and mushy, and refused to bake all the way through even I gave it some extra time in the oven. (Which presented its own problems: because of the apple juice, I think, the outside started to get really brown and crisp even when the inside of the cake was still goo!)
The taste was nice, but the soggy texture made this cake unsalvagable. Bummer. The only thing I can think of is that I didn’t squeeze enough juice out of the apple…though, to be honest, I was dubious about this recipe from the start because 1 1/2 cups of almond milk + 1/2 cup of oil seemed like a LOT of liquid.
This is the very first recipe of yours I’ve tried that didn’t work out, and I see that other people made this cake successfully, so I’ll give it another go at some point! Next time I’ll really wring out the apple and perhaps use a lighter hand with the milk/oil.
Made this cake for work holiday party and it was a huge hit with everyone from vegan to lactose intolerant to all the others. Was initially anxious about what pans to use since two round is not really the same as one 8×8. I used 2 8×8 square pans and it was fine. Used parchment paper in the bottom for ease and toasted pecans for the top. It’s definitely a stretch to call this a one bowl recipe – what do you grate the apples into and where do you catch the sifted flour? (hint: more bowls) I had a sink full of dishes by the end, but it was worth it anyway.
Lovely! Thanks for sharing! I grate the apples right into the bowl, or into a towel and wring out any excess moisture. I sift the flour right over the bowl!
Hi this sounds FABULOUS! Just wondering if you used 8″ or 9″ round cake pans for the layer cake?
My non-vegan mom said this cake made her believe in vegan desserts. Thanks for the fantastic recipes!
Wow..I have never made a vegan cake and this was delicious! I used AP flour instead of wheat and only needed 1 cup of cashew milk. I used tofutti cream cheese and was skeptical because I was not a fan of it by itself but it turned out to be a good icing when mixed with the powdered sugar and vegan butter. I did not add flour to the icing. Just powdered sugar and tasted until it was sweet enough. Thanks for the recipe!
Dear Dana,
I reallly do wish you would reply / write back. Have left comments & queries on sooo many of your recipes since May 2016!
Regarding this recipe- I don’t have access to a vegan cream cheese and vegan butter in India. What are my alternatives for the icing? Same case with some of your other cake that call for a cream cheese frosting. Some I feel would be ok without a frosting, but like this and the zucchini one- I feel a frosting would take it up a notch. Any suggestions / recommendations?
Hi! You could try substituting vegan cream cheese for cashew cream! I have not tried it for this recipe but if you give it a try, let me know how it goes. Hope this helps!
I made this last night for an Imbolc dessert. I had to make a few subs though, 1/2 cup honey for the brown sugar and steel cut oats instead of rolled. The result was still very good, although the oats were a bit chewy. I just had another piece this morning and it was better- the oats were more tender, I assume because of the humectant factor of the honey. I also didn’t have any of the icing ingredients so I slathered the middle with rose hip jam and topped it with a melted vegan chocolate bar. I would make this again but next time perhaps with the rolled oats or just more wheat flour.
This cake is amazing!! So super delicious. Everyone loved it, even the meat eaters! Thank you so much for this recipe! The only thing I did different is use coconut oil for the vegan butter in the frosting.
Will definitely make many times in the future!
Excellent! I baked the cake in a spring-form pan. After cooling for about ten minutes removed the ring and then only maybe thirty minutes later we started cutting slices and putting butter on them. Before you knew it half of it was gone! The next day when I served what was left just powdered the top. I’ve made the above frosting before and it’s delicious, but with a rich cake like this don’t want the frosting competing with the flavors of the cake. I’m thinking this recipe would make good muffins. Next time! Thanks again for all your great recipes.
Many thanks for the really fabulous and delicious recipe, I really liked its texture and flavor. For my intolerance to gluten and as refined sugar consumption. Use quinoa flour and carob flour, organic honey and organic coconut sugar and only sodium bicarbonate. I made the cake for a lunch with my friends and they loved it. I really like your recipes.