Grab some fresh, tart apples from the orchard, farmer’s market or store so you can make this delicious gluten-free apple bundt cake.
We buy at least 60 pounds of apples twice each fall. We use them in a variety of recipes, including gluten-free apple puff pancakes, gluten-free apple streusel muffins, and homemade applesauce. I slice and freeze a lot of the apples for future use too, so that all winter and spring, I can use the thawed apples in my favorite recipes.
I’ve also been making gluten-free fresh apple cakes for years, but have been really trying to perfect it this past year. I’ve been trying different glazes and icings, making a dairy-free option, and getting the seasonings just right. Now it is finally time to share this new recipe with you! We love this gluten-free fresh apple cake! If you don’t have fresh apples on hand, use ones that you froze!
Notes on ingredients:
As always, I only recommend baking with a good quality all-purpose gluten-free flour blend. All flour blends are not created equal! I recommend avoiding flour blends that contain any bean flours or that are primarily rice flour, as you’ll get a more gritty result. This recipe, like pretty much all of my recipes, has been tested with successful results with both gfJules gluten-free flour and Gluten Free Mama’s Almond Flour Blend and I recommend either one. Two other flour blends that I’ve been testing some (but not this recipe yet) with good results are Cup4Cup and Pamela’s.
After making this cake successfully several times with melted butter, I recently tested it with melted coconut oil and had the same great results. The batter before baking has small lumps when using coconut oil, but those dissolve in baking. The cake was great either way!
When using applesauce in baking, I always use an unsweetened, plain applesauce. I personally use our homemade applesauce or TreeTop No Sugar Added apple sauce.
I tried a variety of glazes and icings and ultimately felt like they all overpowered the cake and made the whole dessert just too sweet. I finally decided to just give the cake a dusting of powdered sugar and we all loved it! Powdered sugar is just the right thing to make it pretty and add another little layer of flavor and texture to this amazing dessert!
I’m sure some of you can get all crazy making powdered sugar patterns and such on it too! That’s a little out of my league, but I can’t wait to see if some of you do! You can email me or share to my Facebook page if you make this, or any of my recipes!
Since it doesn’t have chocolate that will melt, or a runny, sticky glaze, this can handle sitting out in the heat at your next picnic or potluck. Before I brought it to a potluck, I went ahead and sliced it all up at home and laid the slices on a platter. I got 16 good slices, but you could squeeze more if you slice thinner.
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Fresh Apple Bundt Cake {Gluten-free, Dairy-free}
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I've made this cake dairy-free with coconut oil with great results. I've also made this cake using melted butter with great results. Feel free to use whichever works better with your allergens/intolerances.
Recipe from: Michelle @ MyGluten-freeKitchen.com
Recipe type: Cakes & Cupcakes
Serves: 1 cake
Ingredients
3 cups good-quality gluten-free all-purpose flour blend
1 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum (omit if flour blend has xanthan or guar gum already)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup melted coconut oil or melted unsalted butter
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 eggs
1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
3 cups peeled apple chunks
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, xanthan, salt, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. Set aside.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, cream together sugar, brown sugar, coconut oil or melted butter, and applesauce. Beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Mixture lightens and gets creamy. If using coconut oil, small lumps remain throughout but that's fine.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing on low speed until each is mixed in. Add vanilla extract and beat on low just until mixed in.
Add dry ingredients that you set aside earlier. Stir in with a spatula, just to combine.
Using a spatula, fold in the 3 cups of apple chunks.
Pour batter into a greased bundt pan.
Bake at 350° for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs not wet batter.
Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then carefully flip over onto cooling rack and remove pan. Let cool.
Using a fine mesh strainer, sieve, or salt shaker, sprinkle powdered sugar over the surface of the cake.
Easiest to cut and serve once completely cool.
Notes
This has been tested successfully several times with gfJules flour blend, and several times with Gluten Free Mama's flour blend.
Remember, if using a blend like gfJules that has xanthan gum or guar gum in it, omit the xanthan gum called for in the recipe.
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You can see all of the other gluten-free cake and cupcake recipes or cocktail recipes from the other bloggers involved in this giveaway here:
Gluten Free Coconut Cake – What The Fork Food Blog
Gluten Free Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes – Gluten-Free Palate
Bourbon Tropical Peach Cocktail – Fearless Dining
Kir Royale Cocktails – The Heritage Cook
Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes – My Gluten Free Miami
Gluten Free Cookie Cake – Flippin’ Delicious
Summer Beer – Vegetarian Mamma
The Best Gluten Free Cake – gfJules
Insane Cupcake Recipes – Our Mini Family
Gluten Free Coconut Cream Pie Cupcakes – Good Morning Cali
Mexican Dinner Rolls – Green Healthy Cooking
Summer Cocktails -A Joyfully Mad Kitchen
Gluten Free Cookie Cake – A Mind “Full” Mom
Strawberry Lychee Panna Cotta – Brunch-n-Bites
Cucumber Moscow Mule – The Culinary Compass
Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting – Only Taste Matters
Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes – Veggie Balance
Virgin Watermelon Margarita – Coffee With Us 3
Elderflower Mojito – Home Plate
Summertime Lemon Cupcakes – For the Love of Food
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Stacks – Simply Healthy Family
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake – Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt
Watermelon Mint Gin Fizz – Frugal Foodie Mama
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake – Raia’s Recipes
Tequila Sunrise Cocktail – All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
Grilled Spicy Pineapple Margarita – Lapetitchef