I’m back! Yay! And after five days off real food I was really craving something deliciously sweet and filling so I dreamt up this awesome apple, pear and raisin cake last night and wow did it taste good! Served hot with some one ingredient banana ice cream it is really the perfect winter treat. So lovely and light thanks to all the fruit, yet filling enough to leave you awesomely satisfied. Having so much apple and pear also means that it stays deliciously moist, even after cooking, which is wonderful. The raisins really compliment this sweet, tender texture too as they become so perfectly soft and juicy when cooked, meaning that every little bite just melts-in-your-mouth.
It was a huge success over the weekend, everyone gobbled it up! Definitely a great option over Christmas when you’re after a health alternative to all the traditional treats, especially as the cinnamon and nutmeg give great festive tastes!
This is such a super healthy cake too – its pretty much just almonds, pecans, apples, pears and oats- so you’ll feel awesome after it. And since half the mixture is made of fruit it’s a pretty light option too, which is great over the holidays. All these ingredients are also awesomely simple and available at any larger supermarket, which means there’s no reason not to bake it!
I hope you enjoy it as much as we all did!
Serves 12:
- 3 red apples
- 2 pears
- 1 1/2 cups of raisins
- 2 cups of ground almonds
- 1 cup of pecans
- 1 cup of gluten free oats (if you don’t eat oats use brown rice or buckwheat flour)
- 1/2 a cup of almond milk
- 4 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon of cashew butter
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 4 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons of nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Start by peeling the apples and pears, then core the apples. Chop the fruit into chunks, placing these in a saucepan with one teaspoon of cinnamon. Allow them to cook for 5-10 minutes, until they become nice and soft.
While these cook place the pecans into a food processor and blend for about 30 seconds, until they become small bite sized chunks. Remove and place to one side.
Then place all of the remaining ingredients, except the pecans and raisins, into a food processor for a few minutes until all nicely blended. Once the fruit is cooked add it and mix again before placing the mixture into a bowl and stirring in the pecans and raisins.
Pour the mixture into a lined baking dish and bake at 180C for about 40 minutes, until the top becomes ever so slightly brown and a knife can be stuck in and removed without any batter sticking to it.
Allow it to cool for about 5 minutes before removing the cake from the pan.
Slice, serve and enjoy!
Dear Ella, So glad you are well again and back on line with all your healthy menus. Love from, Sarah. (Adams)
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Thanks so much Sarah! I’m so happy to be back with my healthy menus too, have some great stuff planned for this week! Hope you had a great weekend
Wow. This looks amazing.
In your ‘about me’ you mentioned you used to love peanut butter, as do I, I bookmarked this recipe as it seemed a little like your raw brownies and may fix the peanut hole in your life:
http://fooddoodles.com/2012/11/29/raw-peanut-butter-cookies/
I’m sure you’ve already seen this website but I also bookmarked this for any inspiration you may need:
http://veganyumyum.com/ It’s definitely one of those websites that even after a huge meal, if you browse you’ll head straight back to the kitchen!
Is the email you listed in your about me correct? I messaged a thanks for blogging the other day and hope you received it.
All the best,
Katy
WOWWW Ella that looks Simply Scrumptious!!!! How do you concoct such amazing things???? You are such a good photographer too.
Wait I have a question – in the section where you say ‘Once the fruit is cooked add it and mix again before placing …’ do you mean put the fruit in the blender and mix? Or just mix(stir) ground ingredients and fruit?
Thanks!
-Sarisha
P.S. – love love love all your recipes
Hi Sarisha!
So happy to hear that you love all the recipes! Sorry that this one isn’t quite clear enough though, but yes you add the fruit to the blender and mix it there. Hope that helps. Enjoy!
This sounds like a wonderful cake! My go-to snacks lately have been pears and pecans, so what better way to fuel the cravings than with a beautiful cake. I’ll surely be adding this to my repertoire. Thanks for the great recipe!
Thank you! Pears and pecans are such a delicious combo, sounds like you have great go-to snacks! Enjoy!
This looks so good, going into my to-do list for the blog!
Thank you! Hope you love it when you make it!
About to start making this cake! So so so excited!
I hope it turned out well!
http://www.greenthickies.com/healthy-vegan-friday-29/
Oh wow, not only does this cake look absolutely amazing but I’ve been searching for an oat/ fruit based cake recipe for a very long time now. I had a great spelt recipe but I prefer to use oats and I was wondering whether my recipe would work with oats, and here you are with a tastier looking recipe for me to try. I’m definitely going to try this very soon! Yummy!
Thank you for sharing this with Healthy Vegan Fridays. Check back on Friday to see if you were one of the Top 3! We hope to see you again this week. You can submit a post from Friday to end of Tuesday:
http://www.greenthickies.com/healthy-vegan-fridays
Thanks Katherine, so glad you like the recipe! Looking forward to hearing what you think after you’ve made it!
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Thanks for sharing my recipe, love the ides of adding the raspberry layer to the cake – I have to try that soon
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