You might have tried my oat flour muffin recipe and it came out so fluffy and delicious that I couldn’t resist creating an oat flour cake recipe. This oat flour cake is perfect to make layer cakes, or simply serve a healthy cake for your afternoon tea.
Ingredients
To make a cake from oat flour you need:
Homemade Oat Flour – check how to make oat flour in a blender, food processor or mixer. Cornstarch – Arrowroot flour. Mashed Banana Puree – or unsweetened applesauce. Coconut Sugar or any crystal sugar you love like brown sugar, unrefined cane sugar, or sugar. Maple Syrup Dairy-Free Milk of choice like oat milk, almond milk, or soy milk. Oil – olive oil, canola oil, or melted coconut oil. Vanilla Extract Apple Cider Vinegar or lemon juice Salt Baking Powder Baking Soda
How To Make Oat Flour Cake
Oat flour is made from blended oats into a thin flour-like texture. It doesn’t work the same as all-purpose flour; it’s higher in protein and fiber and won’t make cakes as fluffy. But it’s a great healthy option to make cakes or brownies like my breakfast brownies.
Decorating
You can use this cake for a layer cake or serve it as a single-layer cake. Decorate the top of the cake with some vanilla vegan frosting or vegan coconut cream frosting. Then, add slices of fresh banana, chopped nuts like pecans and walnuts, and a drizzle of peanut butter caramel.
Allergy Swaps
Oil – You can’t make this cake oil-free, or the texture doesn’t come out right. But, if preferred, you can swap the oil for melted vegan butter, like Earth Balance. Gluten-Free – Make sure you prepare the oat flour using a gluten-free certified oat brand. Nut-Free – Use soy milk or oat milk to avoid nuts in almond milk.
Storage Instructions
Refrigerator – Place the cake in a cake box in the refrigerator and keep it for up to 4 days. Freezer – Freeze in an airtight box, sliced or whole, for up to one month. Thaw in the fridge the day before.
Variations
You can add some ingredients to the cake batter to add flavor and texture. In the end, stir in 1/2 cup of :
Dark chocolate chips Blueberries Unsweetened shredded coconut Chocolate cake – stir in 1/4 cup cocoa powder in the batter, along with the dry ingredients. Or try my vegan birthday cake recipe for a chocolate oat flour cake, without banana or oil Chopped walnuts or pecans
Here my answers to your most common questions about baking cake with oat flour.
More Vegan Cake Recipes
Below are some more vegan cake recipes for you to try:
