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Vegan almond cake with summer fruit

July 27, 2019 by Ania - 6

easy, gluten-free, oil-free, refined sugar-free

vegan almond cake macro

Hope you guys are enjoying summer? We have finally had some glorious weather here in Bristol, so I have cleared my schedule so that I can sink into my hammock, podcast in my ears, and top up my vitamin D with abandon. It was a lovely thing to be able to do and reminded me to be grateful for being my own boss and not having to trudge into an office every day. I am done with Serial, but my current addiction is its sister podcast This American Life.

If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s a beautiful array of thought-provoking real life stories arranged around a different subject every episode. It may be just my personality type (ahem…the obsessive type πŸ˜‰ ), but I find it really addictive. I’m selective when it comes to picking episodes though, carefully avoiding the ones that talk about American politics as that’s not exactly a relaxing subject, is it? Politics is so depressing here right now too that I oscillate between getting really enraged and despondent about it, to blocking it out altogether. The lack of tolerance and compassion that is currently sweeping across the globe is frankly terrifying. Have we learnt nothing from our history? My belief in humanity is waning…

Other than listening to podcasts obsessively, I’ve been doing some more yoga at home and I have already noticed how I feel a tiny bit stronger with each practice. I have also found a new Pilates class and a yoga class practically on my doorstep and I am excited about giving them a go next week. Fingers crossed it will work out.

I have also finally had a bit of a breakthrough in my running. I live in a hilly area of Bristol and no matter how I cut it I need to conquer a very long (close to 400 meters) hill at the very end of my run. I’ve been dishearted by this hill for some time as when my heart inevitably soars to 180 BPM, I stop half way through each time. It went on for months, although the point I had to stop at would shift slightly every few runs or so. This week, I finally managed to do it all in one go on two consecutive runs and although I was not a pretty sight after (I got some sexist comments from a drunk man who struggled to stay upright as I ran past him as a confirmation! A**h*le!!), I have a real sense of achievement and I am excited about working towards my next running goal.

While I’ve taken a bit of time off developing sweet recipes, I have not really succeeded at taking time off sugar, unfortunately. It’s my ongoing battle. But as it’s been a while since I published a cake recipe, I thought it’s about time.

This simple almond cake topped with nectarines has been a frequent occurrence in my household lately as I was developing this recipe (you might have seen my trials in our Instastories). Luckily, Duncan took most of it to work for an afternoon tea with his team, so I managed to consume a respectable amount this time πŸ˜‰ . This cake is easy to make, uses no oil (vegan butter or margarine) and is sweetened with maple syrup. You can also make it gluten-free if you need. I like to have it with a dollop of creamy vegan yoghurt and some sliced fresh or roasted nectarines on the side. I hope you’ll give it a go! x

PS: If you make my vegan almond cake, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram as @lazycatkitchen and use the #lazycatkitchen hashtag. I love seeing your takes on my recipes!

vegan almond cake nectarines

vegan almond cake nectarines

vegan almond cake

vegan almond cake cross section

vegan almond cake portion

Print
  • makes: 20 cm / 8" square tin
  • prep: 15 min
  • cooking: 50 min

Ingredients

WET INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml / ΒΌ cup smooth almond butter or tahini
  • 125 g / Β½ cup thick vegan yoghurt (I used peach and passionfruit KOKO)
  • 120 ml / Β½ cup almond milk
  • 150 ml / Β½ cup + 2 tbsp maple syrup or other neutral-tasting liquid sweetener
  • 2 tsp lemon or lime juice
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 nectarines, peaches or large plums, cut into 8 segments each

DRY INGREDIENTS

  • 240 g / scant 2 cups all purpose flour or GF all purpose flour mix* (I use this one)
  • 80 g / slightly heaped ΒΎ cup ground almonds (aka almond flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Β½ tsp baking soda
  • 1Β½ tsp cinnamon (optional)
  • 3 tsp ground ginger (optional)

Method

  1. Set the oven to 180Β° C / 355Β° C. Grease a 20 cm / 8″ square cake tin with a bit of oil or line it with baking paper.
  2. In a large bowl, mix almond butter and vegan yoghurt with a wire whisk until smooth.
  3. Gradually (to prevent lumps from forming) whisk in almond milk and then maple syrup.
  4. Finally mix in lemon / lime juice and vanilla extract.
  5. Grab a second bowl and sift flour, ground almonds, baking powder, baking soda and spices (if using) into it. Mix really well.
  6. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ones, in batches, using a spatula in a slow clockwise folding motion until no flour pockets remain. If you used wheat flour, be careful not to over mix.
  7. Transfer the batter into the baking tin, spread it evenly and decorate with nectarine segments.
  8. Bake for about 50 min (it depends on your oven). It’s done when a toothpick comes out fairly clean.
  9. Glaze the top with maple syrup (optionally) and let it cool down completely before removing from the tin.

Notes

*If using GF flour mix, I recommend adding 1 tsp xanthan gum unless your flour mix already contains it.

If you want more info on some of the ingredients that we use in our recipes, check out our glossary.
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  1. Gina says

    July 28, 2019 at 12:15 am

    I noticed your recipe calls for Koko brand yogurt, peavh and passion fruit flavored. We don’t have Koko brand yogurt here, sonim mot sure how thick it is. My usual is Silk plain, which is a little on the thinner side, unflavored and unsweetened. Do you recommend a flavored yogurt that is sweetened? I sometimes use Silk vanilla which is of course vanilla flavored, and sweetened-but not exactly thick. Also, where do you find ground almonds?
    Thanks!!
    P.S. This recipe sounds yummy!!

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    • Ania says

      July 28, 2019 at 1:05 am

      Hi Gina,

      Any thick (spoonable rather than pourable ideally, but not a deal breaker either!) vegan yoghurt is fine. It does not matter what flavour as long as it goes with the fruit you put on top and if it’s sweetened or not as it’s a very small amount we are using here. As for ground almonds, I simply bought them in a baking section of a supermarket, but you can grind them finely in a coffee grinder if you need to. Hope that helps! Ania

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  2. Ruth says

    July 28, 2019 at 4:14 am

    For the “ground almonds” – just how finely ground are these? Can one use almond flour? Thank you

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    • Ania says

      July 28, 2019 at 5:52 pm

      Hi Ruth,

      It may be a UK thing, but very finely ground up almonds that you buy in a baking section are simply called ‘ground almonds’ rather than almond flour here – although I believe they are the exact same thing. I suspect that the term flour isn’t used as almond flour is technically not a flour at all so yes, you can totally use almond flour. Ania

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  3. LavenderBee says

    July 28, 2019 at 4:20 pm

    Dear Cat, I was wondering if you could clarify what you mean by ground almonds. I’m in California and we have “almond flour” which is very fine but no ground almonds, so I’m not sure what the texture is supposed to be like for your cake. The peaches, nectarines and plums are lusty and fragrant right now – this cake would be perfect to use up the bounty. Thanks πŸ™‚

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    • Ania says

      July 28, 2019 at 5:53 pm

      Hi there,

      It may be a UK thing, but very finely ground up almonds that you buy in a baking section are simply called ‘ground almonds’ rather than almond flour here – although I believe they are the exact same thing. I suspect that the term flour isn’t used as almond flour is technically not a flour at all so yes, you can totally use almond flour. I hope that helps! Ania

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Hi, I'm Ania. I love good food but I love animals more! Adopting a plant-based diet has been the best decision I've made and that's how this blog was born. It's a space where I want to show you that creating delicious plant-based food isn't actually hard at all.
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