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Honey apple cake with a slice taken out of it and topped with apples.

Gluten Free Honey Apple Cake

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This gluten-free honey apple cake is the perfect fall cake for your autumn gatherings or Rosh Hashanah! It’s made with almond flour, honey, apple cider, and apple sauce and is topped with honey apple toppings.
Course Dessert
Keyword honey apple cake
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 299
Author Michelle

Ingredients

For the cake

For the topping

  • 2 cups honey crisp apple peeled and chopped into a large dice
  • cup apple cider
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp arrowroot starch
  • 1 tsp water

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F and line a 9” round baking pan with round parchment paper, and grease well.
  • Using a large bowl, combine the eggs, coconut sugar, apple cider, coconut oil, apple sauce, and honey. Whisk well to combine. In a separate bowl, combine the GF all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients and stir well, folding into a cake batter.
  • Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking pan. Transfer to the oven and bake for 23-25 minutes or until baked through. Set aside and carefully transfer to a cooling rack.
  • While the cake cools, prepare the topping by combining the apples, apple cider, honey, and cinnamon in a small pot. Set over medium-low heat and allow to simmer on low for about 7-8 minutes, stirring often. The apples should be fork tender, and the liquid should be mostly reduced. Combine the arrowroot starch with the water in a small bowl and whisk well. Add the slurry to the apple mixture and stir to combine. This will thicken up the remainder of the liquid to more of a honey consistency. If your topping is still too runny for your liking, add a second batch of slurry. 
  • Allow the topping to cool slightly before adding it on top of the cake. Slice into 8 slices (or more, or less) to serve! 

Notes

All nutritional facts are estimated and will vary.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 299kcal | Carbohydrates: 50.5g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 6.5g | Fiber: 2g