Gluten Free Vegan Apple Glaze Cake

Gluten Free Apple Glaze Cake

Type: Uses an oven

Level: Easy peasy but hot!

Vegan / Gluten Free

Prep Time 30 mins

Bake time 50 mins

Make 1 x 6 inch cake

INGREDIENTS
Egg replacer

• 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 2 1/2 tbsp boiling water

Dry Ingredients

• 3/4 cup buckwheat flour
• 1/4 cup almond meal
• 1/4 cup brown rice flour
• 1/4 cup cornflour or corn starch
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cup soy milk
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1/4 cup veggie oil you can use melted coconut oil also
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Topping

• 1 large apple
• 1/2 cup crushed walnuts
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 tbsp hot water
• 1 tbsp golden syrup

HOW TO MAKE THE CAKE

1. Preheat your oven to 175C/347F and line a 6 inch cake tin with baking paper and grease
2. Firstly make your egg replacer, mix the flaxseed with the boiling water and stir. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl sieve all your dry ingredients together and mix together with a whisk
4. In a large jug, mix your soy milk and vinegar together until it thickens Add remaining wet ingredients and mix together really well
5. Thinly slice your apple and place them in a small bowl. Cover apple pieces in a tiny amount of your wet ingredients and then cover with a small amount of the dry ingredients. Put aside 2 tbsp of the flour mix.
6. Make a well in the centre of your flour mix and pour in your milk mix. Gently mix together using a whisk until just combined. Pour into your cake tin and gently tap on the bench to release air bubbles
7. Sprinkle the spare flour over the top of the batter Sprinkle 3/4 of your walnuts over the flour Arrange the apple onto the cake starting from the outside and working your way to the middle
8. Bake in the oven for 45-50 mins or until a skewer comes out almost clean Remove from oven and allow to sit in the cake tin for 10 mins before turning onto a cooling rack

HOW TO MAKE GLAZE

1. To make your glaze mix together your icing sugar, water and golden syrup until combined and pour over the top of your cake

  Store this cake in an air tight container NOT in the fridge as it will dry out.

  This recipe was shared with kind permission by Sara Kidd and can be found in her recipe book Bake Vegan stuff  - Easy recipes for kids ..and adults too!