Gluten Free Apple Cake
This gluten free apple cake is the perfect fall snack cake! It is light, fluffy and sweet. Slathered with vanilla frosting and bursting with cozy spiced flavors, this cake is sure to make your home smell amazing. The best part about this cake is that you get a sweet crunch of apple in every bite!
Servings: 6
Equipment
- 1 baking dish (8x8 baking dish)
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 small bowl
- 1 spoon or fork
Ingredients
- 1 box vanilla cake mix (I used Simple Mill's Vanilla Cake Mix.)
- 1/3 cup oil (I used olive oil. Feel free to use any oil here!)
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 tbsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup applesauce
- 2 apples (I love using honey crisp!)
- 1/2 cup sugar (I used coconut sugar but feel free to use any kind of sugar!)
- 1 tbsp cinnamon (I used cardamom for a lower histamine option!)
- 1 container vanilla frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF.
- Combine water, 1 tbsp vanilla, oil and binder (eggs, applesauce or eggs and applesauce) in a bowl.
- Add in cake mix.
- Make the apple filling by mixing apples, coconut sugar, cinnamon and 1 tbsp vanilla.
- Pour half of the cake batter into the greased 8x8 baking dish. You can grease the baking dish with oil or butter. Alternatively, for easy clean up you can line it with parchment paper.
- Add the apple mixture on top.
- Add the remaining batter on top of the apples and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when you stick it in the center of the cake.
- Wait until the cake is completely cooled and then frost with vanilla frosting.
- Cut into squares and enjoy!
Notes
This recipe is made with a box mix so it's super easy to throw together!
Make sure you let the cake cool fully before adding the frosting. Otherwise, you will get cake crumbs mixed in with the frosting.
Feel free to serve this cake immediately, store it in the fridge for up to 5 days or freeze it by placing pieces of parchment paper between each slice of cake.