Lower-Carb, Grain Free Apple, Cardamom and Pecan Cake
This lower-carb, grain free cake is fragrant, mega-moist and flavoured generously with cardamom and cinnamon. The sweet apple, coconut and optional honey adds a gentle sweetness and the pecans add a lovely light crunch. It’s one of IINH taste health kitchens favourite lower-carb desserts.
Course Baking, Dessert, Desserts & Sweet Treats
Cuisine International
Keyword Child Friendly, Dairy Free, Diabetic Friendly, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Gut health, Low Carb, Low GI
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Course Baking, Dessert, Desserts & Sweet Treats
Cuisine International
Servings 1Loaf
Equipment
1 Loaf Tin
1 Mixing bowl
Ingredients
80galmond flourground almonds finely sieved
30gcoconut flour
50gfinely milled flaxseeds
½tspsea salt
½tspbread soda
¼tspbaking powder
1lightly rounded tsp ground cardamom
1lightly rounded tsp cinnamon
2tbspcoconut oil
40gpecansroughly chopped
1medium eating applevery finely grated
2eggs4 eggs if making dairy free
1-2tsphoney
170 - 200mlbuttermilk100 - 120 ml soya yoghurt for dairy free version
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 170 C, lightly oil a 1lb loaf tin and line with parchment or greaseproof paper.
Sieve all dry ingredients into a bowl, rub in coconut oil and add in the nuts.
In a small bowl mix the eggs, buttermilk and grated apple together until blended.
Make a well in the flours. Add liquid, stir with your hand in a circular movement, bringing the excess flour from the outside to the centre until all mixed in. The mixture should have a thick batter consistency.
Transfer the mixture into a lined loaf tin and make a little did in centre with a spoon. Place in oven at 170 C for 30- 35 mins or until bread is cooked.
Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Maggie's Tips
If you want to make this cake dairy free use 4 eggs instead of 2 and add in 100ml of soya yoghurt instead of buttermilk.
This is quite costly to make, so you might want to ration your slices.
This cake freezes really well so why not cut into slices and take out and toast as needed.