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Healthy Cardamom Pear Cake

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This healthy cardamom pear cake is vegan (no eggs, no dairy), gluten-free, and naturally sweetened. The perfect coffee cake, made healthy!
  • 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.

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

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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