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DECEMBER 7, 2020 • BY ALYSSA

Healthy Gluten-Free Apple

Cake
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This healthy gluten-free apple cake is flavorful, moist, and easy to make. It's also dairy-
free and topped with a vegan maple cream cheese frosting!

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When you take a peek at the ingredient list, it might seem a bit long, but one of the
reasons for that is that we're making our own flour blend. When it comes to gluten-free
baking, Bob's Red Mill is my go-to. They have a huge variety of flours to choose from,
have tons of certified gluten-free options and many of their flours are also organic, non-
GMO and fair trade certified.

So let's break down what you'll need to make this gluten-free apple cake:

Dry Ingredients
Flours: as I said, we're making our own blend here and the end result is a moist and Sushi si Noodles
tender cake. Inside this cake we're using: almond flour , quinoa flour , brown rice

flour (or more quinoa), coconut flour , and arrowroot starch . Each plays a
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different role and helps the cake stay nice and light, while also adding protein,
proaspete, orezul fin și
healthy fats, and fiber. The almond adds a nice crumb, the quinoa and brown rice sosul de soia.
help to bind it, the coconut flour adds lightness and the arrowroot starch holds it all
together and helps give it a little spring.
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Coconut sugar: whenever I need to use granulated sugar, I always choose coconut .
It's lower on the glycemic index than white sugar, has a really nice caramel flavor,
and can be used 1:1 as a refined sugar substitute. It works perfectly in this recipe and
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Baking powder: to give the cake some light and lightness, baking powder is the
leavening agent we'll use.

Cinnamon: and finally, cinnamon! You can't have an apple cake without a nice dose
of cinnamon.

Wet Ingredients
Eggs: eggs are one of the secrets to the texture of this cake, but I do think it could
be made vegan as well!

Almond milk: make sure to use an unsweetened version! If you don't like almond
milk, any other plant milk will work.

Applesauce: to impart apple flavor, but also give the cake some moisture,
applesauce is one of my favorite tricks in healthy baking.

Apple butter: I really wanted to give this cake an apple flavor, so I opted for half
apple butter as well. Apple butter is basically concentrated applesauce, so it's super
flavorful! But if you can't find it/don't have it, more applesauce is totally fine.

Vanilla extract: I often throw vanilla into recipes like this just to heighten the flavor a
bit – totally optional, but delicious!

Oil: and we're finishing things off with just a touch of oil to give the cake even more
moisture!

How to Make Gluten-Free Apple Cake

This cake – similar to my others – is quite simple. It's just about 5 steps and it will be ready
in under an hour!

STEP ONE: Dry Ingredients

First, we'll want to mix together our dry ingredients (including the sugar). Check to see if
your almond flour is clumpy and if it is, break those apart with your fingers.

STEP TWO: Wet Ingredients

In a separate bowl – I love this Pyrex glass measuring cup set – beat together your
wet ingredients. Once smooth, pour them over the dry.

STEP THREE: The Batter

Mix your batter together with a spatula. It will be fairly thick – almost like a muffin batter.
Once it's all combined, you can fold in your shredded apple.

STEP FOUR: Bake

Transfer your cake into your baking tin and smooth it over with your spatula. Then pop it
into the oven and let it bake up until it's golden brown!

STEP FIVE: Frost

The final step is to frost your cake. I felt like it needed something a little extra on top, so I
whipped up a healthy, vegan maple cream cheese frosting. It was the perfect combination
and was so easy to make! The only trick with frosting? Make sure your cake is cooled
completely!

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A Perfect Vegan Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Once I decided on frosting this cake, the first thing that popped into my head was cream
cheese. Cream cheese frostings are the absolute best – they're tangy, not too sweet and
so creamy. I'm honestly not a frosting person, except for cream cheese.

I wanted to keep the frosting dairy-free and refined sugar-free like the cake, and I'm so
happy with the result! Here's what's inside:

Vegan cream cheese: I love the almond based one from Kite Hill

Maple syrup: for sweetness + it pairs perfectly with the cake

Vegan/dairy-free butter: to give the frosting some fat and also structure

Arrowroot powder: to help make it a bit stiffer (but without adding confectioners
sugar)

It's the perfect vegan maple cream cheese frosting and I'm literally going to be using this
for everything going forward!

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How This Apple Cake is Healthy

There are a few tricks that I've used to make this cake a bit healthier. I mean sure, it's still
cake, but with these tweaks, we can add more nutrients and give you something that's a
bit more wholesome.

Flours: adding all these different flours helps a ton! We're getting protein, fiber,
healthy fats as well as the vitamins and minerals in ingredients like quinoa, almonds
and coconut

Sugar: while we are still using 1 cup of sugar, we are swapping it with coconut sugar

Oil: we were able to cut way back on the oil needed for this cake by using
applesauce and apple butter. There's only 2 tablespoons of oil!

Cream: rather than heavy cream or milk, we're swapping with almond milk which is
low in calories and keeps the cake dairy-free!

Why You'll Love this Cake

Basically, my goal was to bake you a cake that you could enjoy for breakfast or dessert! (it
also makes a great afternoon snack)

This cake is…

tender + moist
not too sweet
studded with apple flavor
cozy + warm
frosted to perfection
decadent, but healthy enough for breakfast

Plus it's also gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free too! I can't wait for you to
make it – be sure to leave a review and let us know what you think!

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Other Gluten-Free Cake recipes to try:

Healthy Quinoa Carrot Cake

Healthy Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cake

Easy Chocolate Banana Mug Cake

Gluten-Free Fig Cake

Healthy Zucchini Coffee Cake

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Apple Cake
This healthy gluten-free apple cake is perfect for
breakfast or brunch! It's made with wholesome
ingredients, is easy to put together and tastes
amazing!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Servings 16
Calories 192kcal 5 from 2 votes

Ingredients
for the cake:
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup quinoa flour (preferably
 toasted)*
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup arrowroot powder
2 tablespoons coconut flour
1 cup coconut sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 organic eggs beaten
1/2 cup almond milk
1/4 cup applesauce (I like coconut)
1/4 cup apple butter (or more applesauce)
2 tablespoons oil of choice (I like coconut or olive)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup shredded apple (measured before pressing)

for the frosting:

4 oz vegan cream cheese
1 tablespoon vegan butter
2 tablespoons maple syrup
3/4 tablespoon arrowroot powder

Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a square 9x9 baking pan with parchment
paper and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients.
3. In a separate bowl, combine your eggs, milk, applesauce, apple butter, and oil.
Beat these into the dry ingredients until a very thick batter begins to form.
Fold in the apple.
4. Transfer all the batter into the pan and smooth with the back of your spoon.
5. Bake in the center of your warmed oven for 35 - 38 minutes. Test with a cake
tester by placing it in the center of the cake. If there is nothing on the stick
when you remove it, the cake is ready!
6. Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
7. For the frosting, beat together the cream cheese, butter and maple syrup
using electric beaters or stand mixer with the whisk attachment (my preferred
method). Once smooth, beat in the arrowroot powder.
8. Dollop the frosting on top of the cake
and smooth it out with an offset
spatula. Sprinkle with cinnamon if
desired and enjoy!

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Notes
* toasting your quinoa flour will mellow out the flavor a bit and get rid of the bitterness.
not sure how to toast it? here's a tutorial on how to toast quinoa flour!

** if you want to reduce the sugar, skip the filling!

Nutrition
Serving: 1square | Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated
Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 89mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g |
Vitamin A: 63IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 1mg

This recipe is brought to you in partnership with Bob’s Red Mill. As always, all opinions are
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K R I ST I N • M A R C H 3 1 , 2 02 1 AT 9 : 1 3 P M

Can I sub flax eggs?

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I haven’t tried it with a flax egg but I think that should work!

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