Gluten Free Apple Cake Recipe

This gluten free Apple Cake recipe is great for using up a glut of apples. It is delicious, very easy to put together and it freezes well.

I often turn it into a dessert with custard or icecream.

Gluten Free Apple Cake

Are you ready to try my gluten free Apple cake recipe? Then let’s get started:

Ingredients – What do you need?

• 125g (4oz) melted butter
• 100g (3.5oz) Brown sugar
• 2 medium eggs
• 300g  cooking apple peeled and chopped
• 225g (8oz) gluten free self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon gluten free baking powder
• 2 level teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 100g (3.50oz) Sultanans
• A splash of milk if mixture is dry

Instructions – What do you do?

1. Preheat oven to 180 (gas 4). Well, grease a 1kg (2lb) loaf tin.
2. Peel and chop the apples. Place in a sauce pan and cook down in a little water until soft. Leave to cool.
3. Melt the butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.
4. Mix in brown sugar it should look a bit like the consistency of wet sand.
5. Add beaten eggs one at a time and mix in well.
6. Add the remaining ingredients; cooked apples, flour, baking powder, spices, sultanas.
7. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin.
8. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until golden brown.
9. To check if it is cooked through pop a skewer inside if it comes out clean it is fully cooked (if it isn’t fully cooked keep cooking and checking in 5-minute intervals until done).
10. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then remove from the tin and onto a wire rack to fully cool.
11. Serve with a little butter, custard, or on its own, delicious.

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If you have a sweet tooth like me, then why not check out my gluten free Blueberry Muffins recipe?