APPLE CINNAMON TEA CAKE GLUTEN FREE |
- 4 - 5 granny smith apples, sliced thinly
- 300g unsalted butter, softened
- 300g or 1⅓ cups caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 300g or 2⅓ cups plain gluten free flour*
- 1 tbs baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of grated nutmeg
- Demerara sugar for sprinkling
- Optional: Apricot jam to brush
- * I use Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 plain baking flour
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 180c.
- Generously grease a 20cm square or round cake tin with butter and sprinkle pan with demerara sugar. Arrange half the apple slices on base of tin.
- Beat butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy in a mixer. Add eggs one at a time with mixer running.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg and mix until just combined.
- Spread half the batter into the tin and top with the remaining apple slices. Cover the apples with the remaining cake batter.
- Bake in the oven for 50-55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes and then flip cake onto a cooling rack so apple slices are on top.
- For a glossy top you have the option of brushing the cake with apricot jam. Dust top of cake with cinnamon.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 180c.
- Generously grease a 20cm square or round cake tin with butter and sprinkle pan with demerara sugar. Arrange half the apple slices on base of tin.
- Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in Thermomix 30 sec/speed 5. Add eggs one at a time with mixer running on speed 3.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg and mix 30 sec/speed 6 scraping down sides of bowl halfway.
- Spread half the batter into the tin and top with the remaining apple slices. Cover the apples with the remaining cake batter.
- Bake in the oven for 50-55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes and then flip cake onto a cooling rack so apple slices are on top.
- For a glossy top you have the option of brushing the cake with apricot jam. Dust top of cake with cinnamon.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/apple-cinnamon-tea-cake-gluten-free/
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