Name: Honey Apple Cake (Gluten-Free, Paleo)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Paleo
Ingredients: 3 cups almond flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt; 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon; 3 large pastured eggs; 3/4 cup light honey; 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk; 2 tablespoons butter or coconut oil, melted; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; Zest of 1 lemon; 4 cups peeled and grated apples, about 3 large (Honeycrip) apples; 1/4 cup sliced almonds, slightly chopped (optional instead of the glaze); ½ cup powdered maple sugar, organic powdered sugar or coconut sugar (coconut sugar will be darker) ** see note for instructions on making the powdered sugar; 1-2 teaspoons almond milk; 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Description

This healthy apple cake is moist and tender, sweetened with honey. It’s a simple cake you can enjoy for dessert, snack or breakfast treat.

Ingredients

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Honey Apple Cake

3 cups almond flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 large pastured eggs
3/4 cup light honey
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 tablespoons butter or coconut oil, melted
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Zest of 1 lemon
4 cups peeled and grated apples, about 3 large (Honeycrip) apples
1/4 cup sliced almonds, slightly chopped (optional instead of the glaze)

Glaze

½ cup powdered maple sugar, organic powdered sugar or coconut sugar (coconut sugar will be darker) ** see note for instructions on making the powdered sugar
1–2 teaspoons almond milk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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Instructions

Honey Apple Cake

Grease an 8” spring form pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sift together almond flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, honey, almond milk, butter, vanilla and lemon zest.
Grate apples. Place into a kitchen towel and squeeze out the juice/water.
Fold grated apples into the dry ingredients and mix evenly.
Add wet ingredients to the dry mixture and mix with a rubber spatula until evenly combined.
Pour into prepared pan.
Top with sliced almonds if you’re not making the glaze. (OPTIONAL)
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until toothpick comes out clean.

Glaze

Stir together the powdered maple sugar and vanilla, then add the milk slowly – 1 teaspoon first until you get a drizzly glaze, and only add the 2^nd if it’s still too thick to drizzle on the cake.
Generously drizzle the glaze all over the partially cooled or cooled cake. Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired and serve at room temperature – slightly warm is fine too. The glaze will harden as it cools. Enjoy!

Notes

**To make your own paleo powdered sugar blend 1/2 cup maple sugar (or coconut sugar) in a food processor or high-speed blender and blend until it reaches a powdery consistency. Use just 1/2 cup for this recipe, measure after blending. Save the rest for another use.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Category: Dessert, Snack, Breakfast
Cuisine: Paleo, Gluten Free, Refined Sugar, Dairy-Free Option