
Recipe: Apple cake - Krista Ameljushenko
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I have loved baking and cooking (or rather inventing recipes) for half of my life. Probably because my mother took me to the stove as her older sister quite early. Today, I have a 5-year-old son diagnosed with celiac disease, and there is even more baking and experimenting since all recipes must be adapted to suit him. I simply love a healthy lifestyle, and working together with my child in the kitchen is our way of spending quality time. Our family doesn’t go to McDonald's; we make burgers from scratch ourselves. This time, I made a “guilt-free” Christmas-scented apple cake using gluten-free flour and Nick’s sugar substitute and flavor drops. Almost all sweets can be made healthier and with fewer calories. Even better, they can be gluten- and lactose-free.
Cake base:
- 2 eggs
- 2-3 large apples
- 2dl Nick’s sugar substitute
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Nick’s vanilla-flavored stevia
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 5dl gluten-free flour
- 1dl milk
- 120g melted butter
- a pinch of salt
Vanilla cream:
- 2.5dl milk
- 0.5 dl sugar substitute
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp vanilla stevia
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix diced (cubed) apples, Nick's 'use like sugar', cinnamon, and vanilla stevia drops.
- In another bowl, put flour, baking powder, and a little salt.
- Melt the butter.
- Add 2 eggs, milk, and cooled butter to the flour mixture. Stir into a uniform mass.
- Add apple pieces to the mixture and gently stir through.
- Pour the mixture into a baking pan about 25cm in diameter.
- Bake for about 40 minutes until the cake is dark brown on top.
Vanilla cream.
- Heat the milk in a small pot, do not let it boil.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar substitute, vanilla-flavored drops, cornstarch, and a little salt.
- Slowly pour warm milk into the egg mixture, stirring constantly.
- Pour the sauce back into the pot and heat until the sauce thickens.
- Remove from the stove.
Add cranberries for decoration and pour vanilla cream over the cake slice.
Have a beautiful and easy holiday season!
