Gluten Free Apple Gingerbread Snack Cake
This tender, super moist gluten free apple gingerbread snack cake recipe is full of apple flavor and lightly-spiced.
Yield: 9 slices
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups (350 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend (I used Better Batter; please click thru for full info on appropriate blends)
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon apple pie spice (See Recipe Notes)
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (55 g) packed light brown sugar
- 8 tablespoons (112 g) unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 (50 g (weighed out of shell)) egg at room temperature, beaten
- 1 tablespoon (21 g) unsulphured molasses
- 5 tablespoons (105 g) pure maple syrup
- 4 tablespoons (84 g) honey
- ½ cup (122 g) smooth applesauce
- ¼ cup (2 fluid ounces) milk at room temperature
- 4 ounces chunky applesauce
- Confectioners’ sugar for dusting (optional)
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.
Notes
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
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