Gluten Free Apple Cake with Cinnamon Swirl

If you’re like me you went apple picking and brought home way too many apples and now you’re stuck with figuring out how to use them.  This is one of my go-to recipes for using up some of that beautiful fruit.  Enjoy!

Cake Ingredients:

• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon melted, salted butter
• 2 cups organic cane sugar
• 3 large eggs (Pete & Jerry’s are my fave)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free One to One Flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 apples, peeled and chopped into little cubes

Cinnamon Swirl

• 4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder (my secret for a rich, dark swirl.  Doesn’t really add chocolate flavor but adds a nice depth.  I love Dagoba cocoa powder.)
• 3/4 teaspoons allspice
• a little freshly grated nutmeg
• pinch of salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.  Lightly grease a 9×13 pan and cover with parchment, set aside.  Melt butter and set aside while you peel and chop apples.

In a large mixing bowl add the slightly cooled butter and sugar and mix well, until incorporated.

Add eggs one by one and mix well.

Add vanilla and baking soda and stir until thoroughly mixed.  Add flour, spices and salt then top with apples.  Lightly toss the apples with the flour mixture then fold in with a spatula until all everything is completely blended.

Spread into the prepared baking dish and let sit while you prepare the cinnamon swirl.  To the melted butter, add the sugar, spices, salt and cocoa powder and stir.

Spoon it over your cake batter in clumps, or in lines as shown.

Take a sharp knife or toothpick and swirl the mixture until spread somewhat evenly.

Bake for 45-50 minutes, checking near the 40 minute mark for doneness.  Edges will be nicely browned and the cake should bounce back. Cool for an hour before serving.  To store, loosely cover with plastic wrap or foil but allow to breath so it doesn’t become too moist.  Keeps well for 3 days, if it even lasts that long.  🙂