Brown Sugar Apple Cake

Dan    Recipes, Something Sweet, Vegan     apples, dessert, tasty, vegan

What you’ll need…

4 medium-sized gala apples

3 cups whole wheat flour

1/4 cup white sugar

1 1/4 cups brown sugar

1 cup plain oats

1 1/4 cups butter (or margarine if vegan)

3/4 cup whole milk (or soy/almond milk if vegan)

3 TBSP cinnamon

2 eggs (or egg replacer equiv. if vegan)

1 TBSP baking powder

1 TSP salt

So, this is kind of like if a bear claw was not deep-fried, or covered in glaze, and better for you. Ok, maybe not THAT much better for you, but what did you expect? It is cake after all…

First things first, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. This dough is going to fit into a 12″ rectangle dish, so grease that up before you start making the dough.

Using an electric mixer, mix the flour, white sugar, 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 2 TBSP of cinnamon, baking powder, and the salt. Now, add in 1 cup of the butter (or margarine) and mix on a medium-setting, until everything is nicely combined. Gradually pour in the milk, and then the eggs (or soy/almond milk and egg replacer). Let it mix until the dough starts pulling away from the sides of the bowl.

*Since soy milk is on the sweet side, you may want to put in a tad less sugar if you’re going this route.*

Before putting the dough into the baking dish, finely chop (core first) one apple. Gently fold the apple pieces into the dough. Now you can flatten the dough into the dish. Slice the remainder of the apples as thinly as possible and place on top of the dough. If cut thinly and placed evenly, this should be about 3 rows.

Now for the topping…melt the remaining butter and combine with the oats, leftover cinnamon and brown sugar, then spread on top of the apples using a spoon or spatula. Place in your preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Topping with vanilla ice cream is deliciously recommended.

Serves 8

Total cook time…1 hour

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