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Vegan Honey Cake | A Traditional Rosh Hashanah Dessert

September 13, 2015 By Sarah 4 Comments

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There are a few different foods associated with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Apples, honey, pomegranate, are dominant ones, and desserts containing any of the above.

Happy Rosh Hashanah

In the past we have pretty much steered away from anything with honey in it to avoid any surprise allergens. Everyone knows the risk honey poses to children in the first year (it contains bacteria which can germinate in an infant’s digestive system and cause infant botulism), but not a lot of people seem to understand why honey can be dangerous for those with food allergies. Bees collect flower nectar and ingest and regurgitate the nectar repeatedly until it is partially digested and then is stored in the honeycomb. Extra water is then evaporated off the honey, bringing it to its final state.

Simple enough, so what’s the problem? Even though honey is often marked as being derived from the nectar of a certain type of flower, ultimately it is impossible to control or know with 100% accuracy to which fields or orchards the bees flew to when connecting nectar, and the potential for cross contamination means that food allergy sufferers need to be careful if not stay away altogether.

So, why do I bring this up? Because this is the first year that I actually made honey” cake for Rosh Hashanah, and I’m kind of excited about it. Substituting out eggs and dairy is hard enough, but subbing out the honey seemed like such a daunting task, so I was really happy to find some recipes in the local paper that sounded like they could work out for a vegan honey cake. I was hoping to have time to try two different recipes, but of course my reality check came pretty quickly to correct that thought. So I chose to focus on a more traditional recipe, using applesauce to substitute the eggs, and date puree in place of the honey, and I have to say it really did turn out just like a traditional honey cake. I split the recipe and cooked it in two loaf pans so I have one for each day of Rosh Hashanah.

vegan honey cakeHere’s the recipe – Enjoy, and Happy New Year!

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Vegan Honey Cake | Rosh Hashanah Desserts
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
22 mins
Total time
27 mins
 
This traditional vegan honey cake will become a critical part of your Rosh Hashanah menu.
Author: Accidentally Crunchy
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 16 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup cane sugar
  • 10 dates, pitted and soaked
  • ¼ cup boiling water
  • ½ cup applesauce
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • whole or chopped almonds for decoration (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and line two loaf pans or a 24 cm springform pan with parchment paper.
  2. In a food processor or blender, add your dates and the hot water and pulse until smooth. From this pulse, measure 1 cup and add it to a medium sized mixing bowl.
  3. Add to the bowl the remaining wet ingredients (oil, vanilla, and sugar, applesauce) and stir well.
  4. Add the flour and baking powder to the bowl, stirring shallowly at first to combine the dry ingredients, and then fully to create a smooth mixture.
  5. Pour the batter into your cake pan(s). Top with nuts if desired.
  6. Bake at 180C for 20-24 min, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7. Let cool before removing from the pan.
Notes
Nutritional information coming soon
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Vegan Honey Cake

Filed Under: Dairy & Egg-Free (Vegan), Dairy & Nut-Free, Dairy-Free, Desserts, Egg & Nut-Free, Egg-Free, Soy-Free, Vegan & Nut-Free, Vegan & Soy-Free Tagged With: date cake, healthy cake, healthy dessert, holiday recipes, honey cake, pareve dessert, pareve desserts, pareve honey cake, rosh hashanah recipes

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Comments

  1. Kathryn Grace says

    September 17, 2015 at 11:53 pm

    If I already left a comment on this, I apologize. I think this is the second time I’ve run across this recipe today, but I could be mistaken. The old gray cells sometimes get a little confused. Anyway, this cake looks positively scrumptious. I’m thrilled that you made it with whole wheat flour, so much so that I shared it on my Facebook page, Cooking with Whole Grains & Real Whole Foods.

    Thanks for a lovely recipe.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      September 19, 2015 at 6:32 pm

      Thanks Kathryn – I actually make all of my baked goods with whole wheat flour!

      Reply
  2. Beth says

    November 4, 2015 at 11:04 pm

    I don’t celebrate this holiday but I feel like I want to celebrate this baked good! It sounds and looks yummy!

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 5, 2015 at 9:32 pm

      It is a delicious holiday 😉

      Reply

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