2 1/3 cups finely chopped lightly toasted pecans
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup white rice flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
3 large eggs or 3 eggs worth Engry egg replacer or 3 flax seed eggs
15 Majool dates
3/4 cup applesauce (I used 1/2 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup olive oil because I ran out of applesauce. I need to try 3/4 applesauce but it should work just fine.)
3/4 cup almond milk with 1 tsp lemon juice - let it sit for a few minutes to simulate buttermilk.
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups peeled and grated Granny Smith apples (about 2 medium/large size apples)
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
Caramel sauce:
4 majool dates
1/3 cup almond milk
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9 inch round pans with cooking spray. Stir together pecans, flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom. In food processor add dates, eggs, applesauce, buttermilk and vanilla. Blend well. You want the dates as smooth as possible. Stir wet ingredients into dry. Stirring until just blended. Fold in apples and carrots. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 min or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for about 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire rack to cool completely. (about 1 hour) Caramel sauce: Process dates, milk, and vanilla until dates are as smooth as possible. Put in microwave safe dish. Cook 1 min. It should be a little bubbly. Sir. Cook 1 min. Stir. It should be thicker at this point - not runny. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread caramel sauce on top. Place second layer on top.
Caramel sauce:
4 majool dates
1/3 cup almond milk
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9 inch round pans with cooking spray. Stir together pecans, flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom. In food processor add dates, eggs, applesauce, buttermilk and vanilla. Blend well. You want the dates as smooth as possible. Stir wet ingredients into dry. Stirring until just blended. Fold in apples and carrots. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 min or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for about 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire rack to cool completely. (about 1 hour) Caramel sauce: Process dates, milk, and vanilla until dates are as smooth as possible. Put in microwave safe dish. Cook 1 min. It should be a little bubbly. Sir. Cook 1 min. Stir. It should be thicker at this point - not runny. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread caramel sauce on top. Place second layer on top.
