Gluten Free Spice Cake

Name: Gluten Free Spice Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ½ cup Almond Flour (1 ½ cups blanched almond flour *finely ground- I use Bob's Red Mill); 1 tsp Baking Powder (1 tsp baking powder); ¼ tsp Table Salt (¼ tsp salt); 1 tsp Cinnamon (1 tsp ground cinnamon); ¼ tsp Ginger (¼ tsp ground ginger); ¼ tsp Nutmeg (¼ tsp ground nutmeg); ¼ tsp Ground allspice (¼ tsp ground allspice); 4 pieces Egg (4 large eggs room temperature); ½ cup Coconut Sugar (½ cup coconut sugar *can also use light brown sugar); 1 tsp Orange Zest (1 tsp fresh orange zest *don't skip this!); 1 tsp Vanilla (1 tsp vanilla extract); 1 piece Apple (1 large apple peeled and finely diced *see post for variety recommendations)

Gluten Free Spice Cake - Dessert (American)

35 minAmerican

Servings12

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Steps

1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9" cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper (don't skip the parchment-it's important for easy release).
2In a large bowl, whisk the almond flour, baking powder, salt, and spices until well combined.
3In a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the eggs and coconut sugar until light, fluffy, and almost double in volume. This will take about 3-4 minutes. Beating this long is important to create air pockets in the batter for the best cake texture. Add the orange zest and vanilla extract and blend until combined.
4Slowly stir in the dry ingredients until just blended, then gently fold in the chopped apples.
5Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (Mine was perfect at 25 minutes in a dark metal cake pan.)
6*Allow the cake to sit in the pan on a cooling rack for 30 minutes to set properly, then carefully remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
7Once the cake has completely cooled, dust with the optional powdered sugar topping, if desired. It can also be served with regular whipped cream or coconut non-dairy whipped cream.