There are few people on this planet who don't revel in the smell and mouth-watering taste of a good Apple dessert. This Spiced Bramley Apple Cake is moist and filling, with spicy notes coming from the cinnamon. The secret of this recipe is to make sure there is more Apple then cake! Coconut Palm Sugar replaces regular sugar, adding a sweet caramelly taste and giving this delicious pudding a low GI.
Equipment
- Knife
- Chopping Board
- Oven
- Glass Bowl
- Whisk
- Fork
- Baking Tin
Ingredients
- 5 x large Bramley Apples (peeled, cored and roughly chopped)
- ½ x cup of Oil
- 2 x Eggs
- 2 x cups of Plain Flour
- 2 x tsp of Baking Powder
- Cream Cheese (optional)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Peel, chop, de-core and roughly chop Apples
- Whisk the oil, Coconut Sugar, Cinnamon and Eggs together
- Stir in the apples with a fork and coat them with the mixture
- Mix in the dry ingredients
- Put mix into greased cake tin
- Bake for about 35- 40 minutes
- It is a delicously moist cake, so it doesn't need a topping, but a cream cheese topping does make it extra special
Notes
There a few different types of flour you could try using with this recipe like a mix of plain flour with Coconut Flour. Also you could try using Coconut Oil instead of convential cooking oils for a healthier option.
Benefits description
The great thing about this Apple cake recipe is that it uses Coconut Sugar rather than normal white sugar. The benefit of Coconut Sugar other than its low GI content is that it is also a source of zinc, iron, inulin and antioxidants contributing to your mineral intake and keeping nasty free radicals in check. This is a dessert so you can expect it to be a little indugent but without the empty calories of plain white sugar.
