cinnamon apple cake
The recipe for this gluten free Cinnamon Apple Cake comes from one of my favorite bloggers, AndreAnna "The Primal Matriarch" and her food blog, Life as a Plate. I adapted my version of her recipe, Apple Spice Bread, eliminating the step of pre-cooking the apples, adding a ton of cinnamon, and making a couple other changes as well.
I think that you'll be delighted whether you go for her original recipe or my inerpretation of it below. By the way, this is not a sweet cake, though it has a super cinnamon-y flavor, which my boys and I love. And just a quick note, cinnamon is now considered a super-spice. It just might regulate blood sugar and is touted in Ayurveda as fixing all kinds of ailments --cinnamon is now my go to spice and I sometimes add a tablespoon of it to my morning protein shake.
1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons orange juice, fresh squeezed
1 cup creamy roasted almond butter
¼ cup agave nectar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- In a food processor combine apple, oj and almond butter and pulse until well blended
- Pulse in agave, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon (yes 2 tablespoons) and salt
- Pour batter into a greased 8x8 inch Pyrex baking dish
- Bake at 350° for 32 to 36 minutes
- Cool and serve with whipped cream
