Recipes || Diced Cinnamon Donut Cake

Posted on March 18, 2020

Who doesn’t love the combination of apple and cinnamon? One of the things that I miss the most about America is cosy activities like apple and pumpkin picking accompanied with hot apple cider donuts and warm apple cider. (Completely different from English apple cider – it’s non-alcoholic for one!)

This cake is so simple and so tasty that there’s no way that you’ll regret inhaling this cake as quickly as possible.

This cake is adapted from Odette Williams’ book ‘Simple Cake’.

Diced Cinnamon Donut Cake

Ingredients:
(For the cake:)
2 1/4 cups (270 g) of spelt flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of sodium bicarb
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
3 eggs
1/2 cup (120 mL) of olive oil
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup (240 g) of applesauce
1/2 cup of honey
1/2 (120 mL) of almond milk
1 tablespoon of freshly grated orange zest
1 cup (190g) of light brown sugar

(For the topping:)
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons of melted vegan butter

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 F or 190 C. Grease your rectangular cake pan.

Mix your flour, sodium bicarb, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together.

In another bowl mix your honey, olive oil, applesauce, eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, milk and orange zest together.

Then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Whisk until the cake batter is completely smooth. Pour your batter into the pan and bake for about 30 minutes.

Whilst the cake is cooling, melt your butter in a small saucepan. Wait until the cake cooks entirely and then pour the butter over the top of the cake and spread it evenly. Wait a few minutes so it soaks in.

Then mix your cinnamon and sugar together. Then sprinkle it evenly over the top of your cake. If you do this whilst the cake is still warm then the sugar will dissolve.

Once your cake is cool, dice it into squares.

Then enjoy with a cup of coffee, a mug of tea or a glass of milk!