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An aerial image of a gluten free apple cake on a white speckled ceramic plate. The cake sits on a light stone backdrop and a slice has been taken from the left side. It is topped with sliced apple, a sprinkle of crushed pistachio and icing sugar

Gluten free apple cake

Gluten free, low lactose, contains nuts
*Cups and measures are in Australian cups and measures. Use gram weights for international accuracy
Serves 8-10 slices
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Food Intolerance Friendly
Servings 8 slices

Equipment

  • 1 x 20cm (8 inch) cake tin
  • hand beaters or stand mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 160 g (1 cup) fine white rice flour
  • 30 g (1/4 cup) tapioca flour
  • 50 g (1/2 cup) almond meal (see notes)
  • 5 g (1 1/4 teaspoon) baking powder
  • Zest of 1 lemon (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon (1g) fine salt
  • 60ml (1/4 cup)* oil
  • 50 g room temperature butter salted or unsalted
  • 2 extra large eggs (45-55g each, weighed out of shell)
  • 100 g light brown sugar
  • 75 g caster sugar or all caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste optional
  • 125ml (1/2 cup)* Remedy lemon ginger Kombucha (see notes)
  • 1 Granny Smith apple very finely sliced and chopped into small rectangle pieces (reserve a few slices for garnish)
  • Flaked almonds for garnish (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180C/356F. Grease and line a 20cm/ 8 inch cake tin.
  • Combine the flours, almond meal, baking powder, lemon zest and salt in a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the oil, butter, sugars and eggs.
  • Use a hand beater or stand beater to beat the mixture for 1-2 minutes or until lighter and foamy. The butter should have incorporated completely into the mixture, with no chunks remaining.
  • Turn the beaters to low and alternate between adding the flour and kombucha. Continue until you have used up all the flour and kombucha.
  • Add the chopped apples to the batter and stir to combine. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and top with the garnishes.
  • Bake for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
  • Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before sliding a knife around the cake, flush with tin, and removing from the tin. Cool on a wire rack and serve alone, with some icing sugar, with some cream or ice cream, or both.

Notes

  • For a nut free option, use 25g rice flour and 25g tapioca in place of the almond meal. Use (1/3 cup) oil instead of 60ml (1/4 cup) and omit the optional almond topping. Make sure you use a non-nut containing milk (if you are using milk instead of kombucha) too.
  • For a dairy free option, use a good quality plant based butter and milk. 
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