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Foolproof Vegan Applesauce Spice Cake

Thank you The Full Helping for the recipe!

Ingredients

  • 2 + ½ cups + 1 Tbsp unbleached all-purpose flour

  • 1 cup raisins

  • 1 + ¼ cups cane sugar

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • ½ tsp baking soda

  • 2 tsp cinnamon 

  • 1 + ½ tsp cardamom

  • ¼ tsp ground cloves

  • 4 tsp ground flax or chia seeds

  • 5 Tbsp warm water

  • 2 cups applesauce

  • ⅔ avocado oil 

  • Confectioner’s sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Oil or grease a nonstick bundt pan with a vegan buttery spread. Toss the raisins with one tablespoon of flour and set them aside. 

  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and cloves. 

  3. In a small bowl, mix the ground flax or chia in warm water. Allow the mixture to thicken up for a few minutes. In the meantime, whisk the applesauce and vegetable oil together. Add the flax or chia gel and stir well. 

  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until they’re evenly combined. Fold in the raisins and pour the batter into the bundt pan, then transfer the bundt pan to the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the cake is firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer the cake to a wire rack and allow it to cool. 

  5. Before serving, dust the cake with a light coat of confectioners’ sugar.