Happy Birthday Vanilla Cake

By devogirl

This birthday cake gets its sweetness from apple juice and maple syrup instead of from refined sugar.

Make Your Own Oat Flour
Making your own oat flour is easy. Just take old-fashioned rolled oats and blend them in the blender or food processor. Keep blending until you have a fine, powdery flour. Replacing a portion of white flour with oat flour will provide some whole-grain goodness to your dessert recipes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white, all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup oat flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup apple juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup milk (dairy or soy)
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Details

Servings 8
Cooking time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Lightly oil an 8″–9″ square or round cake pan.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine flours, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and salt.

In a large mixing bowl, combine applesauce with ¼ teaspoon baking powder. Then add apple juice concentrate, milk, oil, syrup, and vanilla.

Mix dry ingredients into wet, one half at a time.

Scrape batter into pan.

Bake 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.