Sugar Free Oatmeal Cake

Annacia's Note:

This cake tastes really good with a cup of tea. I like to mix in the raisins and nuts instead of sprinkling them on top. I found that they become to dry and over done on top for my taste. I have guessed at the servings as it depends on how you cut it and a lot of the prep time is just letting it sit there.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 ½ cups low-fat buttermilk
• 1 cup organic rolled oat
• ½ cup applesauce (originally ask for 4 ounces, I think thats 1/2 a cup)
• 2 beaten eggs (or 1/2 cup Eggbeaters)
• ¼ cup honey or ¼ cup Splenda granular , sugar substitute
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup unbleached self raising flour
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon (or to taste)
• ¼ cup roughly chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons sultanas

Directions:

1. Combine the buttermilk and rolled oats in a bowl and set aside for 15-20 minutes until the oats have softened.
2. While the buttermilk and oats are standing, pre-heat your oven to 350°f and line a standard baking tin with greaseproof paper.
3. Beat the eggs and add to the oatmeal mix along with the applesauce.
4. If using honey add to wet ingredients.
5. It using Splenda add to dry ingredients.
6. Mix the dry ingredients together, stirring to combine and add to the wet, mixing well.
7. Transfer the solid batter into the prepared baking tin. Using a wooden spoon, spread the batter to even it out.
8. Sprinkle the cake with roughly chopped walnuts and sultanas and let it sit for 20 minutes before baking.
9. Bake cake for approximately 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Reviews

[4-H Mom]

This is Awesome! It was great for breakfast! I didn't use the walnuts or the sultanas. Added a little more cinnamon. I also baked these in a muffin tin. They were moist. We ended up using honey on them and oh so good. Thanks Annacia for the great recipe! Saving this one. Made for I Recommend Tag May.

[Lalaloula]

I made this today for breakfast using shaped muffin tins and it came out nice and moist, very cake like and with a wonderful cinnamon taste (I used 1ts). I did have to bake it for 40 minutes and it was still rather soft on the inside, so I suppose that a bread would take longer than the stated 60 minutes to bake through. Overall a very nice and healthy cake recipe, which I enjoyed. Thanks so much for sharing, Annacia! Made and reviewed for Veg'n Swap #9 April 09.

[Dreamer in Ontario]

I prepared this cake using honey as the sweetener and mixing the nuts & raisins into the batter. It's a nice little treat served with some jam on top.