Apple and Almond Cake 苹果杏仁蛋糕

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 about 45 minutes or skewer inserted into cake comes out clean.
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

I bought this loaf pan from Daiso

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苹果杏仁蛋糕

材料：

2粒红苹果 + 2汤匙水

3/4茶匙柠檬汁

1茶匙细糖

蛋糕材料

4粒鸡蛋，打散
165克杏仁粉
120克细糖
1.5汤匙柠檬汁
适量杏仁片点缀

做法：

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。送进烤箱烤约45分钟致熟。
让蛋糕连烤盘待凉5分钟，才取出放在凉架上待凉。
蛋糕温吃；冷藏吃都一样美味。

真的无法想象无须面粉或牛油，也可以做出健康又很有香气的苹果杏仁蛋糕。赞！