Final Up to date on August 27, 2025 by Carrie Korem, FNTP
Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is an ideal dessert for the autumn!
This apple cake is gluten-free and dairy-free and might be combined collectively in only one bowl. It’s full of contemporary apples, cinnamon and honey to sweeten. It undoubtedly pairs properly with scorching tea or espresso with uncooked cream!
Listed below are the substances you’ll have to make the apple cake:
Mild-colored honey – I desire to make use of this one for all of my baking due to its candy and lightweight taste.
Giant natural eggs – to bind the cake collectively.
Coconut oil – you can even substitute with 8 tablespoons of butter in case you desire.
Coconut milk – ensure that and use a pure coconut milk and never a coconut “beverage”
Finely floor almond flour – I all the time use finely floor as a result of it offers the cake a young crumb.
Coconut flour – I’ve realized thorughout the years that differnet manufacturers of coconut flour give completely different outcomes, so I all the time take a look at my recipes with Bob’s Crimson Mill.
Unflavored, grass-fed gelatin – that is my favourite all-natural binder for gluten-free muffins!
Baking soda – to provide the cake the elevate it wants.
Coarsely floor Celtic sea salt – Utilizing a rough floor salt in desserts is so good since you get that little hit of salt!
Floor natural cinnamon – for the autumn flavors!
Vanilla extract – I desire to make use of my very own home made vanilla, or that is my favourite natural one.
Fuji apples – that is one in all my favourite apples for baking.
Pecans – for some crunch!
For those who’d like, you may omit the frosting after which serve the cake as a less-sweet, snaking cake.
I desire baking with glass or ceramic dishes to keep away from any aluminum or different heavy metals leaching into my muffins. This one from pyrex is a superb possibility for an 11×7 dish. Or this one from Le Creuset is a magnificence!
The cake is nice for about 2 days on the counter, and if you wish to preserve it for longer, I counsel preserving it within the fridge. I hope you get pleasure from this apple cake it as a lot as I do!
Apple Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (Grain-Free, Gluten-Free)
- 3/4 cup gentle coloured honey
- 3 massive eggs
- 10 tablespoons coconut oil, melted (you may sub with 8 tablespoons butter if most popular)
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 3 cups finely floor almond flour
- 6 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon unflavored grass-fed gelatin
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
- 1 tablespoon floor cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups grated fuji apples, positioned on a clear dish fabric and patted dry (I left the skins on)
- 1 cup chopped pecans (non-compulsory) For the Frosting (see dairy-free possibility beneath):
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup natural powdered sugar
- 1 Tbs. vanilla extract
Dairy-free frosting (or this is an excellent various recipe that makes use of cashews as the bottom):
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F and alter rack to center place. Stir collectively honey, eggs, oil, coconut milk, almond flour, coconut flour, gelatin, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon and vanilla in a big bowl. Fold in apples and pecans.
Pour the batter right into a buttered 11×7” baking dish. Bake for half-hour till cake tester comes out clear and cake is a deep golden brown. Cool utterly.
For the frosting (see dairy-free possibility beneath):
Place the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla within the bowl of a standing mixer. Utilizing the paddle attachment, beat the frosting on medium till fluffy, about 2 minutes. Unfold evenly over cooled cake.
For the dairy-free frosting:
Place the palm shortening, honey, vanilla extract, arrowroot, and gelatin within the bowl of a standing combination and whisk for 3 minutes till gentle and fluffy.
