Gluten-free cake recipe

Dietary restrictions like gluten and dairy intolerance don’t have to mean going without. This cinnamon and apple tea cake is gluten-free, dairy-free and delicious!

Apple cinnamon tea cake     

Instructions

Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 20cm spring
form cake tin with baking paper. Beat spread and sugar until light
and fluffy. Add egg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat well.

Step 2: In a separate bowl, sift flour and baking powder. Add a
third of the flour mixture and a third of the milk to spread mixture.
Beat well. Repeat twice with the remaining flour mixture and milk.
Spread mixture evenly in prepared tin.

Step 3: Place apple slices in a non-stick frying pan with 2
tablespoons water over a medium-high heat. Sprinkle with sugar.
Sauté for 8 minutes or until translucent. Arrange slices in a
pinwheel pattern over cake mixture.

Step 4: Place in middle of oven. Increase oven temperature
to 190°C. Bake for 30 minutes. Turn oven off. Leave for 5
minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Remove
from oven. Stand for 10 minutes.

 

 

Recipe Information

Portions: 8
Time to make: 50 minutes
Total cost of all ingredients: $5.84 / $0.73 per serve
Dairy-free
Gluten-free
(or can be made gluten-free*)

Ingredients

100g reduced-fat spread (room temperature)
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 1/4 cups buckwheat flour
1/2 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
1/2 cup soy milk
2 large green apples, peeled, quartered, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons sugar

Nutrition Information

per serve
Energy 1040 kJ (251 Cals)
Protein 3g
Fat 11g
- saturated 2g
Carbohydrates 25g
- sugars 20g
Dietary Fibre 3g
Sodium 90mg
Calcium 40mg
Iron 1.5mg

* NS: Not specified

 

 

Healthy Food GuideAll recipes courtesy of Healthy Food Guide. Find more recipes and great advice head to www.healthyfood.co.nz

 

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