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Pumpkin Spice Walnut Cake

4.8 from 4 reviews

Ingredients

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2 cups gf oat flour or all-purpose flour

1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree

1.5 tsp baking soda

2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 cup coconut sugar

½ cup applesauce

½ cup neutral oil

3 egg whites or 2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup blackstrap molasses

1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 and butter/flour 2 nine-inch cake pans. Set aside.

In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and baking soda). Mix well. In another bowl, whisk together the applesauce, oil, egg whites, pumpkin, molasses, coconut sugar, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and stir to combine.

Fold in the walnuts and then pour the batter into the prepared cake pans. Bake for about 40 minutes, or until the cake starts to pull away from the sides of the pans.

Let cool for at least an hour. Then invert on a plate and frost as desired!