Today we are making oatmeal cake with apple and speculoos. Because it's time again for a new variation of my favorite healthy snack: oatmeal cake! This delicious snack is nice and crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Earlier I made a oatmeal cake with raspberries, an oatmeal cake with speculoos and an oatmeal cake with pear and banana.
Oatmeal cake with apple and speculoos
10 minutes + 30 minutes oven
Replacing butter or sugar in baked goods
I sometimes get asked how to replace butter or sugar in baked goods. Personally, I use unsweetened applesauce for this purpose in this recipe. Baking with applesauce is a popular healthy substitute for butter, oil or eggs in baking recipes. Using applesauce instead of butter or oil reduces the total amount of fat in the recipe and can lower the saturated fat and calorie content. This can help make the recipe healthier if you would like it to be.
Moreover, applesauce can also serve as a substitute for eggs in baking recipes. This is because applesauce contains pectin, a natural thickening agent that can help bind the ingredients in a recipe, similar to the effect of eggs. This can be useful for people who are allergic to eggs or for vegans who prefer not to use animal products.
Using applesauce can also provide an extra dimension of flavor in baking, depending on the recipe. Applesauce can add a sweet and fruity flavor to baked goods, such as muffins, cakes and breads. It can even improve the texture of some baked goods, making them moister and softer. Such is the case with this oatmeal cake with apple and speculoos.
In short, baking with applesauce can be a healthier alternative to using butter, oil or eggs in recipes and can also be a tasty addition to certain baking recipes.
Oatmeal cake with apple and speculoos
This oatmeal cake with apple and speculoos is great to take to the office or to enjoy on the couch every night. I often make a healthy bake on Sunday evening, so I can eat it throughout the week. That way you have something tasty ready every day.
What you need:
130 gr oatmeal
30 gr almond flour
230 ml almond milk
1 large apple
30 gr raisins
100 gr applesauce
1 egg
1 tsp. specula spice
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 tbsp almond shavings
2 tbsp. Speculoos
1 Speculoos cookie
1 cake
What to do:
1
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and grease a baking dish.
2
Mix the oatmeal with the almond flour, baking powder, salt and speculaaskruiden. Set aside for a moment.
3
In another bowl, mix the almond milk with the egg, applesauce and vanilla extract.
4
Now add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and spatula together.
5
Dice the apple and mix into the batter along with the raisins.
6
Pour the oatmeal batter into the baking dish.
7
Bake in the oven for about 30-35 minutes until the oatmeal cake turns golden brown. Let cool before cutting it!
8
Crumble the cookie and spread the crumbs along with the almond meal over the oatmeal cake. Top with melted Speculoos.
9
Enjoy and don't forget to share your dish in your Instastory with the tag @easyculi!
