Gluten Free Apple Gingerbread Snack Cake
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups (350 g) all purpose gluten free flour (I used Better Batter)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon apple pie spice*
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
1/4 cup (55 g) packed light brown sugar
8 tablespoons (112 g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 egg (60 g, weighed out of shell) at room temperature, beaten
1 tablespoon (21 g) unsulphured molasses
5 tablespoons (105 g) pure maple syrup
4 tablespoons (84 g) honey
1/2 cup (122 g) smooth applesauce
1/4 cup (2 fluid ounces) milk, at room temperature
4 ounces chunky applesauce
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting (optional)
*To make your own apple pie spice, combine 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon + 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom + 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg + 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger + 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan, and set it aside.
In a large bowl, place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, apple pie spice, salt, granulated sugar and light brown sugar and whisk to combine, working out any lumps in the brown sugar. Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the butter, egg, molasses, maple syrup, honey, smooth applesauce and milk, mixing until just combined after each addition. The batter will be thickly pourable. Add the chunky applesauce, and mix until the apples are evenly distributed throughout the batter. Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a wet spatula.
Place in the center of the preheated oven and bake for about 45 minutes or until the top is an even, light golden brown, the top feels mostly firm when pressed gently, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. If you insert the toothpick directly into an apple chunk, it will come out wet even if the cake is baked through. Allow to cool in the pan for at least 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before slicing and serving, if desired.
Adapted from my recipe for Gluten Free Gingerbread Cake.