Gluten Free Autumn Apple Spice Cake

One of my favorite things about the fall season is all of the delicious flavors! This recipe for Gluten Free Autumn Apple Spice Cake includes many of those fall flavors - apples, cinnamon and pumpkin spice! It would certainly make a great addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table. In addition to being full of flavor it is also gluten, dairy and refined sugar free! 

 

Ingredients for cake:

3/4 cup almond flour

1/2 cup gluten free flour blend

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon xantham gum

1/2 cup honey

1 egg

1/2 cup applesauce

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

1 small apple chopped

For the "icing":

2 tablespoons softened coconut oil

1/2 cup honey

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly grease an 8" x 8" pan.

Mix all dry ingredients (from almond flour to xantham gum) in a medium size bowl.

In a large bowl mix 1/2 cup of honey, egg, applesauce and coconut oil. 

Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until well blended. Then stir in the apples.

Pour batter into greased pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Mix the icing ingredients in a small bowl until well blended. Once cake has cooled, pour the icing over the cake right before serving.

 

Welcome to the September Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop!  The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! This month, I chose to make a Healthy Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino. My inspiration came from this pin from The Minimalist Baker.



I love fall and pumpkin spice. But when it is still in the upper 90's outside it is really hard to think about drinking a hot coffee! So I thought I would make a pumpkin spice frappuccino instead. **This requires freezing so be sure to prepare ahead of time!

Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino

Ingredients:

1 cup strong coffee (I used pumpkin spice flavor)
1 cup almond milk
¼ cup pumpkin puree
¼ teaspoon liquid stevia
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice

Directions:

Make coffee and put it in the refrigerator to chill.
Mix the almond milk, pumpkin puree, stevia and pumpkin spice in a bowl. Stir until well blended. 
Pour mixture into an ice cube tray and place in freezer until frozen.
Place coffee and 8-10 pumpkin cubes in a blender. Blend until smooth. 
Top with a dash of cinnamon and enjoy!

 

**Note: I used 8 pumpkin spice cubes but I have an old blender and it had a hard time blending. The taste is great but it turned out a little icy. This will work best with a newer model blender.

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