Apple and Almond Cake 苹果杏仁蛋糕 Recipe
Today's post is a recipe for a gluten free Apple and Almond Cake. You can never imagine how a cake will taste like without butter and flour. The cake is soft and moist with pureed apples and almond meal. Another plus point is adding lemon juice to the cake which gives it a lemony taste. What's more, you don't have to use a cake mixer, just use the food processor to do the mixing within minutes. Definitely a great keeper recipe for me!
Apple and Almond Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 Red apples + 2 tbsp water
- 3/4 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1 tsp Caster Sugar
- for the cake
- 4 large Eggs, lightly beaten
- 165g Almond meal/ground almond
- 120g Caster sugar
- 1.5 tbsp Lemon juice
- flaked almonds for topping
Method:
Peel, core and chop the apples to cubes. Put them in a saucepan with the lemon juice and sugar and bring the pan to a bubble over a medium heat. Cover the pan and cook over a low heat for about 10 minutes or until the apples are soft enough to mash with a fork (stirring occasionally to prevent apples bottom from burning)。 Leave to cool.
Preheat the oven to 180 deg C; line a small loaf pan all sides up with parchment paper.
Put the cooled cooked apples in the processor and blend smooth. Add eggs, almond meal, sugar and lemon juice and blend well. Pour and scrape, with a rubber spatula for ease, into the prepared loaf pan, sprinkle the flaked almonds on top, and bake for 45 minutes.
Leave cake in pan for about 5 minutes and move to cool on wire rack.
This cake is best served slightly warm, though still good cold.
Recipe adapted from here
2粒 红苹果 + 2汤匙 水
3/4茶匙 柠檬汁
1茶匙 细糖
4粒 鸡蛋， 打散
165克 杏仁粉
120克 细糖
1.5汤匙 柠檬汁
苹果去皮和核，切丁状。放入锅子里和柠檬汁及糖，用中火煮致起泡泡。盖上盖，转入小火焖煮约10分钟或致苹果变软，可用叉压压苹果试看软度是否够（期间须翻拌苹果以防烧焦）。待凉备用。
预热烤箱致摄氏180度。准备一个小长方形烤盘，铺上烘焙纸。
将苹果丁倒入食物处理机打滑。加入鸡蛋，杏仁粉，糖及柠檬汁，搅打均匀即可。然后倒入烤盘里，撒上适量杏仁片。送进烤香烤约45分钟。
让蛋糕连烤盘待凉5分钟，才取出放在凉架上待凉。