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Gluten-free apple and cinnamon tea cake

  • Time to make: 50 mins
  • Serving: 8 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 100g reduced-fat spread (room temperature)
    • ½ cup castor sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
    • 1 ¼ cups buckwheat flour*
    • ½ teaspoon gluten-free baking powder*
    • ½ cup soy milk
    • 2 large green apples, peeled, quartered, thinly sliced
    • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 20cm springform cake tin with baking paper. Beat spread and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat well.

    2 In a separate bowl, sift flour and baking powder. Add a third of the flour mixture and a third of the milk to spread mixture. Beat well. Repeat twice with the remaining flour mixture and milk. Spread mixture evenly in prepared tin.

    3 Place apple slices in a non-stick frying pan with 2 tablespoons water over a medium-high heat. Sprinkle with sugar. Sauté for 8 minutes or until translucent. Arrange slices in a pinwheel pattern over cake mixture.

    4 Place in middle of oven. Increase oven temperature to 190°C. Bake for 30 minutes. Turn oven off. Leave for 5 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Remove from oven. Stand for 10 minutes.

    HFG tip

    *Find buckwheat flour and gluten-free baking powder at Bin Inn and at online specialists such as www.ntolerance.co.nz

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