Gluten Free Apple Cake Food

GLUTEN FREE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease either 9 inch round springform pan, or 8 inch square cake pan, and dust with rice flour.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour mix, xanthan gum, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; set aside.
• In the bowl of your mixer, cream the butter for about 1 minute or until softened.
• Add both sugars,and beat for about 2 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until well incorporated.
• Blend in the milk.
• Then turn mixer to low and add the dry ingredients half at a time, beating after each addition, until they are well absorbed.
• Remove the bowl from the stand and gently fold in the shredded apples.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted tests clean and the cake pulls away from the edge of the pan.
• If serving from the pan, cool at least 10 minutes before removing.
• Dust lightly with icing sugar, if desired.

GLUTEN-FREE CARROT APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat eggs well gradually adding sugar until mixture is light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• Add oil and beat until well incorporated.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and fold into the egg mixture.
• Grate carrots.
• Peel, core, and chop apples.
• Chop pecans.
• Fold in carrots, apples and nuts.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the middle of the oven.
• Remove to wire rack and wait 15 minutes before removing from pan.
• Cool completely and frost as desired.

CINNAMON AND APPLE CAKE (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 160°C
• Grease well and line a 22cm round cake pan.
• Sift the gf self-raising flour into a large bowl and set aside.
• Beat the butter with the caster sugar, until light and creamy.
• Add the vanilla essence and the cinnamon. Mix well.
• Add the eggs and beat well.
• Lightly fold in the flour, yogurt and water.
• Grate the apple and then fold it lightly into the cake mixture.
• Bake in the cake pan for 50 -55 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• NOTE: Check how the cake is baking at about 40 minutes baking time and if it is browning too much before cooking through- lightly cover with foil and continue baking.
• Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes and then cool on a wire rack.
• Dust with icing sugar to serve.

GLUTEN FREE APPLE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat to 350°F.
• Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs.
• Add oil, applesauce, brown sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, and cinnamon; beat well.
• Stir in baking mix.
• Add apples, raisins, and pecans and stir just until combined.
• Pour into greased cake pan.
• Bake 40-45 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool slightly and remove from pan.
• Meanwhile prepare the frosting.
• Cream together cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
• Add maple syrup and then powdered sugar, one cup at a time. Add more maple syrup, if necessary.
• Frost cake when completely cool.

GLUTEN-FREE APPLE AND SOUR CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180c. Line 22cm cake tin with baking paper. Peel apples and slice into thin pieces.
• Whisk eggs, lemon zest and sugar until thick and creamy (about 8 minutes).
• GraduallY fold in flour. The batter should be the consistency of sour cream.
• Pour oil in the pan.
• Arrange apples and cherries in the bottom of oiled pan. Pour the batter evenly over the fruit.
• Bake the cake for about 40 minutes or until golden and cooked when tested.
• Rest cake on rack for about 5 minutes before turning cake upside down on to a plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve warm with whipped cream.

APPLE & ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5, and lightly oil a 20cm springform tin and line the base with a circle of baking parchment.
• In a stand mixer, or using a hand blender, whizz together the oil and maple syrup for 30 secs. Add the eggs and whizz for another 1 min before adding the apple sauce and blending for a further 30 secs. Tip in the ground almonds, baking powder, 1 tsp salt and cinnamon, blend for 30 secs and your batter is done. Pour it into the tin, and bake for around 30-40 mins or until the top is a deep golden brown, the cake is coming away from the sides a little, and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• While it's cooking, make the topping. In a small frying pan, cook the apple gently with the rest of the topping ingredients and ½ tsp salt until the apple is soft and gently caramelised. When the cake is ready, scatter the bronzed apple chunks on top of the cake. You could also make it with chunks of caramelised peach or plum on top, or some cherry compote, or any berries which you have softened in a pan with a little water and maple syrup. Eat warm, as a pudding, with a spoonful of Greek yogurt, or cold with a cup of tea or coffee.

GLUTEN-FREE EUROPEAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan; lightly flour with gluten-free flour.
• Whisk sorghum flour, almond flour, rice flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Whisk sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture until incorporated and batter is thoroughly combined. Fold in apples and walnuts. Pour and press batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.