Soft Gluten free Apple Cake | Vegan

This soft gluten free apple cake is one of my favorite autumn desserts, the perfect treat when days get colder and you need something comforting and filled with cinnamon!
It's also dairy free and eggless, for a delicious vegan apple dessert!

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Ingredients

Here are the ingredients to make this vegan apple cake at home:

• a mix of white and brown rice flour and potato starch as the cake flour base;
• baking powder (you can make your own!)
• cinnamon powder, a match made in heaven with apples 😉
• sugar, i like using light brown one, white sugar is ok too (or other sweetener of your choice)
• a light oil, seed or coconut oil work great
• plain, plant-based yogurt, I used soy yogurt, coconut or oat based yogurt is good too (make sure it's certified gluten free, if necessary)
• apple sauce, this works as an egg substitute and makes the cake even softer
• a touch of gluten free plant based milk may be needed too if the batter is a bit too thick
• ... and of course apples, you can pick the ones you like the most!

Instructions

Making gluten free apple cake from scratch is extremely easy and quick, you will have your delicious dessert ready in on hour or less:

• mix flours, starch, baking powder, cinnamon powder in a medium bowl
• in another bowl mix sugar, oil, yogurt and apple sauce
• add the yogurt mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well
• pour the mixture into a greased baking pan and decorate with apple slices

• sprinkle the top of the cake with brown sugar and cinnamon powder
• bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until the top of the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
• let the cake cool down and if desired dust with powdered sugar and serve with a spoonful of vanilla icecream!

Another plus side of this gluten and dairy free apple cake is that it keeps soft for 3-4 days!
But since it contains fresh fruit, make sure to keep it in a airtight container and a cool place, even the fridge if needed. You can reheat slices in the microwave for a few seconds and enjoy it as freshly baked!

More gluten free apple treats

If you are an apple lover like us here, you might also enjoy these recipes:

• Rustic Apple Galette, fresh apples in a crispy pastry crust topped with nuts!
• Apple Crumble Tart, perfect if you are in the mood for apple pie, but easier and quicker!
• Apple Filled Cinnamon Rolls, delicious, soft and yeast free too!

Baking in grams

I cook and bake in grams as they are more accurate (than cups) when measuring ingredients. This is especially important when it comes to gluten free and vegan recipes.
Also, I weigh both dry and wet ingredients in grams and most of the time I share one- or two-bowl recipes, to make everything easier for you.
A simple affordable kitchen scale is definitely a useful and worthy investment for your gluten free cooking.
So you will simply need to place the bowl on the scale and weigh ingredients as you go!

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Ciao!
Sonia

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