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Vegan Pesach apple pistachio cake

This year, an egg-free cake is even more welcome, although this one does use kitniyot flaxseed as a replacement

March 24, 2020 21:00
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Recipe adapted from Kenden's blog Jewish Food Hero

Ingredients

Cake:

95g matzah cake meal 

40g potato starch 

1 tsp baking powder 

½  tsp sea salt

125g apple sauce 

150g finely grated yellow summer squash or courgette

180g sugar 

60ml orange juice 

1 flax “egg”: 1 tbsp ground flax seeds mixed with 3 tbsp water

For the apple filling:

3 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced 

Cinnamon sugar:

1 tsp  ground cinnamon 

¼ tsp ground nutmeg 

90g sugar 

For the topping:

2–3 tbsp chopped unsalted pistachios

Optional garnish:

Non-dairy vanilla ice cream 

Icing sugar