Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Healthy Gluten Free/Low-Carb Almond Apple Cake

By: The Food Hunter

Pureed apples and almond flour gives this cake it's moist texture and delicious taste along with making it somewhat healthy. This is a wonderful dessert option for those following a gluten-free or low-carb diet. And if the amount of sugar is an issue, it can easily be reduced and substituted with cinnamon without sacrificing flavor. Either way, this cake is hard to resist!


Healthy Gluten Free/Low-Carb Almond Apple Cake
(adapted from Nigella Lawson)
 
For the Apple Sauce
2 apples
1 squeeze fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon sugar 

Peel, core and chop apples. Put apples in a saucepan with sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice. Bring to a boil and cover. Cook over a low heat for about 10 minutes or until apples are soft enough to smash with the back of a fork. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
 
For the Cake
4eggs
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1cup sugar
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup slivered almonds

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 9 inch round pan with parchment paper and set aside.

Put the cooled puree in the bowl of a food processor. Add eggs, almond flour, sugar and lemon juice. Mix until combined, scraping bowl as needed,  Pour into prepared pan and sprinkle with the slivered almonds. Bake 30-40 minutes. 

Allow to cool on rack. Remove from pan and serve.

19 comments:

  1. This apple almond cake looks delicious. I love the fact that it's gluten free and low carb, too. Yum.

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  2. This sounds so good. I love the apple almond combo!

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  3. This looks amazing! I LOVE that it is gluten-free. That works well for me!

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  4. My wife ADORES apple cakes and when she'll find out that this one is low carb... Nobody stops her!

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  5. The cake looks delicious and I am glad to see it is gluten free as well.

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  6. I love baking with almond flour! This cake looks perfect -- love the additional almond slivers on top!

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  7. I love using almond flour! This cake sounds amazing!

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  8. Almond flour is wonderful and perfect to make an apple cake with!

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  9. I can't believe this is gluten free! Amazing.

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  10. That looks amazing! And it seems so simple, too. My family is going to love this!

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  11. I'm not GF but I'm always looking for new recipes to make for my friends/family who are, especially around the holidays. This looks perfect.

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  12. I love a simple cake. I also like a low profile cake, so easy to top with berries or whipped cream!

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  13. Almond apple cake sounds so delicious! I would love a slice of that with some homemade ice cream.

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  14. That cake looks wonderful and so perfect for this spring-like weather.

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  15. I could eat this for breakfast. I love almond cake so this is right up my alley.

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  16. This would be perfect with a cup of tea for an afternoon snack!

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  17. I love almond cake. Can't wait to try this GF version. Looking for easy to make tasty GF offerings.. Will experiment with reducing the sugar. Mmm I have coconut sugar, so will try that too! THANKS!

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  18. Does anyone know the measured amount of the applesauce? I have home canned, sugar free applesauce that I would use,but not sure of the amount to equal 2 apples

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  19. Love the combo of apples and almonds. Looks delicious!

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