apple crumb cake
Ingredients
- 2 apples, peeled & sliced thinly
Cake
- 2/3 c. rice flour
- 2/3 c. sorghum flour
- 1/3 c. tapioca starch
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 c. melted coconut oil + 1/4 c. applesauce
- 1/3 c. sugar
- 2 eggs (for eggless version use 2 Tbs. flax meal mixed into 6 Tbs. warm water)
- 2/3 c. nondairy milk + 1 Tbs vinegar (or you can use 2/3 c. buttermilk. If you decide to use almond milk, don't mix the vinegar into it, just add it at the same time as the wet igredients)
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Topping
- 1 c. rice or almond flour
- 1/2 c. chopped pecans
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/3 c. melted coconut oil
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
Directions
1. | In a bowl, mix topping ingredients together & set aside. | |
2. | Peel, core & slice apples thinly; sprinkle with cinnamon if desired (I recommend this). Set aside | |
3. | In a mixing bowl, combine flours, sugar, cinnamon and baking powder. Gradually add eggs (or egg alternate), oil, nondairy milk and vanilla. Stir until well blended and batter starts to thicken. | |
4. | Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9" diameter baking pan with non-stick spray or butter. | |
5. | Pour batter into pan. Line apples on top of cake, spreading evenly. | |
6. | Sprinkle topping evenly on top of the cake batter. | |
7. | Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. | |
8. | Cool & serve; serve with a drizzle of caramel sauce if desired. |