GF Apple & Almond Cake

Recipe for: Apple & Almond Cake (Gluten Free)

Ingredients:

·        125ml olive oil

·        125ml maple syrup

·        2 eggs

·        125ml apple sauce or puree (home-made or shop-bought)

·        185g ground almonds

·        1 tsp baking powder

·        1 tsp salt

·        1 tsp cinnamon (or try ground ginger)

·        1 apple, skin on, cored & diced

Method:

1.      Heat oven to 190c/ fan 170C

2.      Oil a 20cm springform baking tin, lining the base with a circle of baking parchment

3.      In a large bowl, using a hand-blender mix the olive oil and maple syrup (30 secs)

4.      Add the eggs and whizz again (30 secs)

5.      Add apple sauce and whizz again (30 secs)

6.      Add ground almonds, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.  Whizz again for a further 30 secs

7.      Pour all the batter into the prepared baking tin

8.      Bake for about 40 minutes until top is deep golden brown and the mixture is just starting to come away from the sides of the tin.  Test that a skewer comes out clean

9.      Whilst it’s cooking make the topping by heating a splash of olive oil and an extra tblsp of maple syrup in a small frying pan, then saute the apple gently until starting to soften & caramelise.

10.   When the cake has cooked & cooled, remove from the tin

11.   Scatter/ pour the apple topping & any sticky sauce over the surface

What else you need to know:

1.      Can be eaten warm as a pudding with a dollop of ice-cream or yoghurt

2.      Alternatively eat when cooled down.  Treat like a cake & have with coffee

3.      As there is no flour used in the recipe, it’s gluten-free