Coconut Flour Apple Cake

By OhApril

Coconut flour gives this elegant apple cake a moist and tender crumb with a subtle coconut flavor. For those of you not particularly fond of coconut flour, you could substitute almond or hazelnut flour.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sorghum flour
• 1/2 cup organic coconut flour
• 1/2 cup tapioca starch
• 1 scant teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/3 cup organic light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup organic coconut oil, melted, or vegetable oil
• 1 cup light coconut milk
• Egg replacer equivalent to 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons bourbon vanilla extract
• 4 medium organic apples
• (Golden Delicious apples make this delectable apple cake subtly sweet but you can use your favorite apple.)

Details

Servings 10
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Line the bottom of a 10-inch Springform cake pan (you'll need a deep pan for this cake) with parchment paper.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together:
1 cup sorghum flour (aka jowar flour)
1/2 cup organic coconut flour
1/2 cup tapioca starch
1 scant teaspoon xanthan gum
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/3 cup organic light brown sugar

Beat in:
1/2 cup organic coconut oil, melted, or vegetable oil
1 cup light coconut milk
Ener-G Egg Replacer mixed
2 teaspoons bourbon vanilla extract

Beat the ingredients until the batter is silky and smooth. If the batter is stiff, add a little more coconut milk to thin. (This gluten-free cake batter should be a bit thinner than a gluten-free muffin batter, but not too thin.)

Let the batter rest while you prepare the apples.

You'll need:

4 medium organic apples- such as Golden Delicious and Macintosh.

Peel and core the apples. Slice into even slices- not too thin.

Add roughly three quarters of the sliced apples to the cake batter and stir by hand to distribute.

Using a silicone spatula, scoop the cake batter into the prepared Springform pan. Smooth and even out the batter as best you can.

Press the remaining apple slices into the top of the cake batter in a circular pattern as shown.