This German apple cake recipe is a well-loved recipe adapted with a light and buttery gluten-free cake base. With a sprinkle of powdered sugar, it's festive enough for a party, but humble and easy enough to be made on a weeknight!
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Ingredients
1lbapples, 3-4 organic small baking apples, such as honeycrisp
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan with butter then dust with almond flour.
Peel the apples and cut into quarters, removing their cores. Slice each quarter into 6-8 slices. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together the millet flour, oat flour, sweet rice flour, almond flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a mixing bowl with a hand mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. Mix in the lemon juice and zest until just combined.
With the mixer on low, add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until just combine.
With the mixer on low, add half of the flour mixture, followed by the milk, and then the remaining flour, mixing until just combined.
Pour batter in prepared pan, spreading it into an even layer with a spatula. The batter should be about ¾-inches thick. Arrange apples on top, nesting them close together into the batter. Bake the cake for 45-50 minutes, until the center springs back when poked with a finger and a toothpick comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
While still warm, brush apricot jam over the top of the cake. Let cool for a few minutes then release the cake from the springform pan. Let cool completely before sliding a knife under the cake to remove the springform bottom. Once completely cool, dust the cake with powdered sugar just before serving.
Notes
*I use homemade oat flour by grinding gluten-free rolled oats in my blender or food processor until fine.**You can leave out the xanthan gum if needed - your cake will just be slightly more dense and not quite as chewy.
This nutritional information has been automatically calculated, and as such, may be incomplete or inaccurate. Please reference the specific ingredients you use for the most accurate nutritional information.