Vegan Applesauce Spice Cake with Maple Buttercream Recipe
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Vegan Applesauce Spice Cake with Maple Buttercream Recipe
You can click the ingredients to buy (chosen from Amazon based on quality & price)
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 14pieces | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 30-40minutes |
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Ingredients
The Cake:
- 2.5cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2teaspoon allspice
- 1/2teaspoon ginger
- 1/2teaspoon salt
- 1cup soy milk(at room temperature)
- 2teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1cup applesauce
- 0.25cup coconut oil(at room temperature)
- 1cup brown sugar(packed)
- 1teaspoon maple extract
- 3/4cup blanched slivered almonds
For Maple Buttercream Frosting / Icing:
- 3cups powdered sugar(icing sugar)
- 8tablespoons vegan butter(preferably use the stick type. Vegan butter brands: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Miyoko’s Creamery, Earth Balance)
- 6tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2teaspoon maple extract
Instructions
Cake:
- Pre-heat oven to 350°
- In small mixing bowl whisk together the soymilk, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, maple extract, brown sugar, apple sauce, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, all-spice, ginger, and sea salt.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix the batter gently (no beating) until it’s just combined.
- Lightly oil two 7 ¼” cake pans with a little bit of coconut oil. If you only have 1 pan, no worries, just bake one at a time.
- Divide the batter evenly between the cake pans. Lay out the batter evenly and to the edge of the pan.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes on the center rack. Cake is done when a toothpick comes out of the center of the cake clean.
- Put the cakes from the pans onto wire racks and allow to cool completely before frosting.
Frosting / Icing:
- To do the frosting/icing beat the vegan butter, maple extract, powdered sugar, and maple syrup until fluffy and creamy.
- Put one cake bottom side down onto a serving plate and coat frosting evenly with a spatula over the entire top of the cake.
- Lay the other cake, bottom side down, above the frosting of the previous cake. Now use the remaining frosting to coat the entire cake.
- Using your hands press the blanched slivered almonds along the edge of the cake as seen in the image.