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Quince and almond cake slice

Vegan Quince and Almond Cake

This cake is such a deliciously flavored dessert, perfect during fall and even in winter season. Moist and soft, topped with crispy almond flakes and coarse sugar, this cake will make your day. And it's quite easy to make.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Servings 10 servings

Equipment

  • 18 cm round cake pan

Ingredients
  

For poaching the quince

  • 1 small quince 250 g
  • 2 tbsp cane sugar
  • spices: 1 cinnamon stick, cloves, dry juniper berries, cardamom seeds

Dry ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup all purpose flour 180 g
  • 1 cup almond flour 90 g
  • 2 tbsp flaxseed flour
  • ½ cup cane sugar 100 g
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon powder
  • tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • zest from 1 lemon

Wet ingredients

  • 200 ml almond milk
  • 150 ml olive oil
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar or fresh lemon juice

Toppings

  • 30 g almond flakes
  • 1-2 tbsp coarse sugar

Instructions
 

Quince poaching

  • Put in a small saucepan 2 cups of water, sugar and spices and bring to a boil;
  • Peel and cut the quince into small pieces and add them into the boiling water; let them simmer for 2-3 minutes over medium heat; then turn off the heat, drain the quince pieces and set aside;

Cake batter preparation

  • Preheat the oven at 170° C and line a cake pan with parchment paper;
  • In a large bowl, combine well all dry ingredients;
  • In another bowl, mix well the wet ingredients;
  • Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ones and gently combine with a spatula;
  • Fold in the drained quince pieces;
  • Put the batter in the cake pan and sprinkle sugar and almond flakes on top;
  • Place the cake in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes;
  • Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely before cutting it.

Notes

  1. Make sure the  quince pieces don't cook completely while poaching. They'll get too mushy in the cake batter.
  2. The baking time might be different. Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and, if it comes out clean, it means your cake is baked.
Keyword almond cake, quince cake, vegan cake