The Gluten-Free Homemaker

Last week we had our first cool, fall-like evening, and I just had to heat up the oven and bake a cake.  The kids were celebrating the cool weather by having a fire out back and friends over, so I knew there would be mouths to feed.  I turned to that trusty favorite old cookbook of mine and found a recipe that sounded good.  I had to make it gluten free, of course, but I also made a number of other changes.  I really wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but we loved it.  I served it without any icing or glaze and it was plenty sweet and moist.

This recipe is part of the blog carnival Slightly Indulgent Mondays at Simply Sugar & Gluten Free.  Stop by to find more fabulous food made a little bit healthier.

Gluten-Free Pine-Applesauce Cake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 c. applesauce
• 2 c. gluten-free flour mix (I used half Carol’s and half Bette’s)
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. xanthan gum
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 3/4 c. crushed pineapple, drained
• 1/2 c. chopped nuts
• 1/2 c. flaked coconut

Instructions:

With your mixer, cream together the butter and sugar.  Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.  Add the applesauce and mix. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients.  Add to the mixer bowl and beat well.  Stir in the crushed pineapple, nuts, and coconut.

Spoon into a sprayed bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.  Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then remove the cake to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Labels: cake, dessert recipes

# posted by Linda @ 9/07/2009