Yesterday was Dustin’s birthday! I was particularly inspired this year. Last year we sort of just missed it. I’m thinking this has something to do with the fact that we had newborn in the house–perhaps we were just a wee bit distracted. But I have no excuses this year and the cool autumn air has arrived, just begging me to get baking.
However, since Dustin doesn’t like birthday cake and I’m gluten free, I had to get creative. And because we’ve already spent our grocery budget for the week, the other parameter I set for myself was that I had to be able to make his birthday dinner and cake from ingredients I already had on hand.
Dinner was easy thanks to the abundance of farmers market produce still left in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, the cake proved to be more challenging than I expected because I was out of most of my flour stash. I did have several farmers market apples; however, and with some creative flour combos, I came up with an amazing dessert.
Spiced Rustic Apple Cake
Preheat oven to 350
Grease 9 inch round pan
- Thinly slice:
3-4 Macintosh apples (or any good baking apple)
- Combine in a large mixing bowl:
1/2 C Almond Flour
1/2 C Tapioca Flour
1/2 C Millet Flour
1/2 tsp xanthan gum (optional)
3/4 C brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- In another bowl combine:
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 C olive oil or other vegetable oil
3/4 C rice milk (or any milk should work)
1 tsp vanilla extract
- Add liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Fold apples into the batter. Tip: hold on to about 12 slices to lay on top for a decorative look, or go totally rustic and mix them all in.
- Bake about 1 hour (55-65 minutes)
The best part about this cake is that you can change up just about anything and it will still be amazing. Substitute any type of flour, sugar, milk you have on hand!
The New Rustic Life 