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Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
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Lightly grease a large bundt pan with coconut oil or spray with nonstick spray.
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In a medium bowl, toss the apple slices with the Sucanat and cinnamon; set aside.
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In another medium bowl, combine the agave nectar, brown rice syrup, chia seeds, oil, soymilk, vanilla, vinegar and lemon extract.
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Whisk together to ensure that there are no small lumps of chia visible.
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Set aside while you measure the dry ingredients, or at least 2 minutes.
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In a large bowl, sift together the spelt flour, barley flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
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Pour the wet mixture over the dry and stir to blend.
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Pour 1/3 of the batter into the bottom of the pan (you can just estimate).
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Cover with a layer of about 1/2 the apples, taking care not to let apples touch the sides of the pan (its not a tragedy if they do happen to touch the sides, but it will make it a bit more difficult to remove the cake from the pan without it breaking).
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Top with another 1/3 of the batter, gently spreading to cover the apples as completely as possible.
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Add the rest of the apples, again taking care not to touch the sides of the pan; finish with the last 1/3 of the batter, and gently smooth the top.
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All the apples should be covered with batter; if a tiny edge or point of apple sticks out from the batter on top, this is fine, but most should be under batter.
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Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, rotating pan about halfway through, until a tester inserted halfway between the outside and inside walls of the pan comes out clean (it can be moist from the apples, but shouldnt have any batter on it).
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The cake will be domed on top and deep golden.
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Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before turning out onto a rack and cooling completely.
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This cake is lovely plain, with ice cream or whipped cream, or dusted with some Sucanat and cinnamon that have been powdered in a blender or coffee grinder.
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Store covered in refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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May be frozen.