Spiced Apple Pecan Snacking Cake
Ingredients
- 3 medium apples
- 1 cup (112g) pecan halves, (you can also use a mix of walnut and pecans)
- 1 /2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup (56g) whole wheat pastry flour or all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 cup (90g) grapeseed oil, or unsalted butter, melted (or browned!)
- 1/4 cup (50g) light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (50g) white sugar
- 2 large eggs, , room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt, , room temperature
- 1-2 tablespoons turbinado sugar , (or more white sugar), for topping
Instructions
Toast the Pecans:
- This can be done up to a week in advance.Preheat oven to 375. Place pecans on a baking sheet. Bake until light brown and fragrant, about 6-7 minutes. Set aside to let cool.
Make the Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 and prepare a 9x9 or 8x8 metal pan by spraying it with oil and lining with parchment paper.
- Cut the apples into very thin slices (see example above).
- Place pecans and oats in a food processor. Grind until as fine as possible, but not turning into pecan butter. If using a large food processor, add in remaining dry ingredients (flour, salt, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon/pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and baking soda) and pulse to combine. If using a small food processor, do this in a large bowl instead.
- In a large mixing bowl, add melted butter* or grapeseed oil, white sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Using a whisk, vigorously whisk until lighter in color and the batter has some air bubbles, about 1 minute.
- In increments, add and stir in pecan mixture to the bowl. Stir until combined.
- Add in yogurt and stir until fully integrated into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Gently add apple slices on top- see my notes above for tips and tricks. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
- Bake until the center is set and the edges of the cake are coming away from the pan, about 35-40 minutes. From my experience, the edges will come away more quickly then the center, so be sure to look at the center too!
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