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How to Make Cassava Flour-Apple Cake - A Step-by-Step Guide

There's nothing quite like the smell of a freshly baked cake wafting through the house, and this recipe for Cassava Flour-Apple Cake will certainly deliver on that front. This delightful dessert combines the light and fluffy texture of cassava flour with the sweet and tangy flavor of apples, creating a treat that is sure to please the whole family.

Cassava flour, which is made from the ground root of the cassava plant, has been gaining popularity in recent years as a gluten-free alt...

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Ingredients

  • ¼ cup raisins
  • ¼ cup Marsala wine
  • 1 cup cassava flour
  • ¾ cup superfine white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¾ cup almond meal
  • ¼ cup buckwheat flour
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ¼ cup whole milk
  • ¼ cup light vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup grated Granny Smith apple
  • 1 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored, and sliced
  • ⅛ cup raw cane sugar
  • ¼ cup raw pine nuts

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr
  • Servings: 9
  • Yield: 1 9-inch square cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square, deep baking dish.
  • Combine raisins and Marsala wine in a bowl; set aside to soak.
  • Sift cassava flour twice into a large mixing bowl. Mix in superfine sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add almond meal and buckwheat flour and sift all the dry ingredients together.
  • Combine eggs, butter, milk, oil, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Beat on low for with a hand mixer for 1 minute until well combined. Beat on high until fluffy, for a full 2 minutes. (This is a crucial step to ensure a fluffy cake.) Mix in grated apple. Stir in raisins and wine until combined.
  • Carefully fold egg mixture into flour mixture with a rubber scraper, folding with light, yet deep strokes from the bottom to the top, until batter is just combined and still a bit lumpy, with no visible pockets of flour, being careful not to overmix. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
  • Arrange apple slices to completely cover the batter, making sure they do not overlap too much; you may not need all of the slices. Sprinkle with raw cane sugar and pine nuts.
  • Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Switch to the broiler function and cook until the top is slightly browned, about 2 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before cutting and serving.

    • Nutrition

    433 cal.

    • Total Fat: 25g
    • Saturated Fat: 9g
    • Cholesterol: 90mg
    • Sodium: 161mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 48g
    • Dietary Fiber: 3g
    • Total Sugars: 26g
    • Protein: 6g
    • Vitamin C: 1mg
    • Calcium: 76mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 307mg

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