Vegan Spekulaas Cake

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 160°C conventional. Lightly butter and line the bottom and sides of a 20cm circle tin.
2. Sift flour, baking soda, Spekulaas spice and salt into a large bowl and whisk together well.
3. Add sugar, syrup and olive oil into a small pot. Place over a low heat and gently stir until sugar has dissolved and melted.
4. Beat aquafaba with hand beaters or a whisk for about a minute until frothy. Add orange zest and milk and whisk to combine.
5. Add sugar mix and aquafaba mix to the dry ingredient bowl. Using hand beaters gently mix batter until just smooth.
6. Pour batter immediately into tin and bake for 25-30 minutes. Check for doneness after 25 minutes using a skewer.
7. Cool for 5 minutes in the tin and then transfer to a wire rack. Once cooled dust with icing sugar.