“Not Your Mama’s Apple Cake”
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Round two and on too baked treats. 🙂 This time I decided to really change things up. I have relatives that make fabulous apple cake but I can not eat it since I can not digest gluten. But also I like to keep my natural sugars down when making sweets so I decided to make my apple cake with some cubed zucchini. That’s right. I made my apple cake gluten free, dairy free and with zucchini. I also used MonkSweet+ (a Monk Fruit Extract Blend with SteviaSweet 95-60 and Erysweet) from Steviva Brands as my main source of sweetness.
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“Not Your Mama’s Apple Cake” #SweetandEasy #Steviva
Number of servings: 8
This cake is for when you want your apple cake and eat it too! Gluten free, dairy free and natural sweetener come together with an unlikely match; zucchini.
Ingredients
- Cake batter:
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- ¼ cup tapioca flour
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- ¼ cup MonkSweet+
- 3 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup natural applesauce
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Mock Apples:
- 4 cups zucchini, peeled, seeded and diced
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup MonkSweet+
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- Needed tools and supplies:
- 9 1/2 inch tart pan with removable insert or a 7 1/2" x 11" baking pan
- Cooking spray
- Optional:
- Non-whipped dairy topping
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan, bring to a boil 1 quart of water and 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Add the cubed zucchini and simmer for several minutes to soften but still remain firm. Drain and allow to dry. When dry, add 1/3 cup MonkSweet+, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon of kosher salt. Allow to set and blend the flavors into the zucchini. Do not drain the liquid that is created.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray the tart or baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients of the cake batter until well blended.
- In another mixing bowl, combine the remaining 5 cake batter ingredients until well blended. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Add in the “mock apples” and blend until all of the apple ingredients are incorporated.
- Pour the cake batter into the tart pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown and firm to the touch. Remove and allow to cool.
- Before serving remove the cake from the tart and cut into servings or cut into pieces if baked in a baking dish.
- Optional: serve non-dairy whipped topping with the cake.
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