Healthy Cardamom Pear Cake

This healthy cardamom pear cake will level up your dessert game! Naturally sweetened and entirely vegan (no eggs, no dairy), it is prepared with a mix of almond flour and oat flour to keep it gluten-free. The result is moist, fruity, and subtle. The perfect coffee cake made healthy!

I just finished another slice of this healthy cardamom pear cake. Delicious! Rich, moist, with a little rustic touch, it focuses on nutritious ingredients, yet doesn’t taste too healthy (the worse when it comes to desserts, right?). There’s no butter, no refined sweeteners, no gluten, no eggs and no dairy in the recipe.

And still, this cake somehow makes it to the top. The pears are subtly spiced up with the cardamom, and the crumb is generous, filling and delicious. If like many others you’re obsessed with my Healthy Flourless Chocolate Cake, and have already signed up for my Beginner’s Guide To Healthy Eating Habits, this recipe is definitely to add to your repertoire. Try it, twist it (read my suggestions below), and devour it!

Healthy Cardamom Pear Cake

This healthy pear cake has everything you ever asked for in a dessert: all the goodness but none of the sugar or unnecessary fats. You’ll love it because it’s:

• Overall healthy! ✔
• Vegan aka egg-free and dairy-free ✔
• Gluten-free ✔
• Refined sugar-free ✔
• Fiber-rich ✔
• Loaded with fruits ✔

The ingredients you need: pears, almond flour, oat flour, salt, baking soda, ground flaxseeds, unsweetened applesauce, almond milk, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, olive oil, ground cardamom.

What makes this pear cake healthy?

The choice of ingredients itself is what makes this cake healthy. I deliberately chose to replace all-purpose flour (which has a poor nutritious value) with a mix of almond flour and gluten-free oat flour. To replace the gluten effect that helps cake rise, I added a splash of apple cider vinegar (be reassured though, it will not taste vinegar at all).

As for the eggs, that are rich in fat and cholesterol, I skipped them too and created a so-called flaxseed egg to replace the binding effect of the eggs. I created 2 flaxseed eggs for this recipe. To do so, simply mix 2 Tablespoons of ground flaxseed (not the whole seeds) in a bowl with 6 Tablespoons water, and let set for a few minutes until the texture becomes viscous, a little bit like an egg. If however you do not mind the eggs in a cake, you can replace the created flaxseed eggs with 2 medium eggs. It works perfectly fine!

As for the sugar, I deliberately chose to skip refined sugar in this cake recipe. Instead, I used unsweetened applesauce, as well as two Tablespoons of pure maple syrup to keep the dessert sweet enough. If you’re new to sugar-free or naturally sweetened desserts, you may find this one a little too low in sugar at first. A quick tip: simply brush the cake with a little bit of maple syrup just after baking. Sugar is this kind of addiction that diminishes with time, so the less you sweeten your desserts, the easier it will get. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you’re a beginner, it comes with time!

For a non-vegan version

You may be gluten-free or gluten sensitive but not vegan. If this is your case, you can replace the flaxseed eggs with 2 medium eggs in the recipe. Also, feel free to replace almond milk or any vegetable milk with cow milk or yogurt.

Can I customize this recipe?

There are many ways to custom this fantastic healthy cake recipe. You can for instance:

• Make it seasonal, using other fruits such as apples, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, to name just a few.
• Play with spices! If you’re not a big fan of cardamom or just don’t have some at hands, you can spice your pear cake with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. For a more neutral flavor, simply use 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract instead.
• Turn it into muffins! This recipe yields about 9 delicious single muffins. You can also freeze some of them to keep for later.

Looking for more healthy desserts?

• Healthy Extra Moist Chocolate Cake (over 1 million views on YouTube)
• Raw Coconut Mango Cheesecake
• Sugar-Free Almond Butter Banana Muffins
• Healthy Whole Wheat Apple Bread
• Skinny Coconut Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Vegan Sugar-Free Apple Tart
• Cardamom-Infused Pears with Quinoa-Nut Crunch

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• Author: Delphine Fortin
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: 6 servings 1x
• Category: Desserts
• Cuisine: Healthy
• Diet: Vegan

This healthy cardamom pear cake will level up your dessert game! Naturally sweetened and prepared entirely vegan (no eggs, no dairy), it is prepared with a mix of almond flour and oat flour to keep it gluten-free.

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Ingredients

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• 2 Tablespoons ground flaxseed + 6 Tablespoons water**
• 1 ¼ cup (135g) gluten free oat flour*
• 1 cup (120g) almond flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ⅓ cup (85g) unsweetened applesauce
• 2 Tablespoons pure maple syrup + extra
• ½ cup (120 ml) unsweetened almond milk (or any vegetable milk of choice)
• 2 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (or fresh lemon juice)
• 1 Tablespoon cardamom seeds, freshly ground***
• 2 small-medium pears, peeled, cored and sliced

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) and lightly grease a 7 or 8-inch (18 or 20 cm) springform. Set aside.
2. Prepare the flaxseed eggs. To do so, combine together ground flaxseed and water in a small bowl. Set aside for about 5 minutes, until texture is gooey, resembling to eggs.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together oat flour, almond flour, salt and baking soda.
4. In a separate large bowl, mix together the flaxseed egg mixture, applesauce, maple syrup, almond milk, olive oil and apple cider vinegar until smooth and well combined. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir. Add the freshly ground cardamom seeds (reserving about 1 teaspoon for later), and mix until just combined.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared springform, and cover with the sliced pears. Brush the pears with maple syrup (optional), sprinkle with cardamom, and bake for 30 minutes or until just set. Let cool before serving.

Notes

* If you don’t have oat flour at hand, you can make your own by simply pulsing oats into a food processor until you get a thin sandy texture. So easy!

** This creates a so-called flaxseed egg, making this recipe entirely vegan. For a non vegan version, use 2 eggs.

*** It’s important to grind the cardamom seeds just before using as they tend to

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