Vegan Speculoos Cake with Pears
We know, your belly is already stuffed with cookies, goulash and dumplings and other good stuff. But wait: there is a speculoos cake waiting for you! So it really doesn’t matter what you ate before, cause this cake is such a good idea for a vegan Christmas dinner, you shouldn’t miss it! You don’t need any special equipment for this one, but a mixer. Besides, the cake tastes best fresh from the oven.
Vegan Speculoos Cake with Pears
12 servings
20 minutes (+ 60 minuten baking time)
Ingredients
Speculoos Cake
- 340 g (2.8 cups) flour
- 100 g (3.5 oz) plant-based speculoos cookies
- 300 g (1.3 cups) sugar
- 15 g (0.5 oz) baking powder
- 15 g (0.5 oz) speculoos spice
- 250 g (1.12 cups) vegan butter
- 200 g (7 oz) apple sauce
- 240 ml (1 cup) plant-based milk
Additionally
- 3 pears
- 2 tbsp quince jam
Instructions
- Crush speculoos cookies in a blender at the highest level (or in a bag with the rolling pin).
- In a medium bowl, whisk the dry ingredients.
- Cut the vegan butter into small pieces, add to the dough and knead well.
- Gradually add plant-based milk and apple sauce.
- Grease a cake tin with vegan butter. Add 1 tbsp of flour and cover the cake tin with it. Pour the dough into the cake tin.
- Peel the pears and place them in the middle of the cake tin.
- Bake the cake at 180 ° C for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown. Brush the cake with quince jelly after baking.
