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Apple cake with pecan nuts, raisins and spices

Name: Apple cake with pecan nuts, raisins and spices
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 apples; 4 tbsp sultanas; 4 tbsp; 1/2 tsp cloves, ground; 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 4 eggs; 1 1/2 cups muscovado; 80 ml canola oil; 50 g unsalted butter; 3 tbsp flaxseed flour; 150 g Mix Pâtisserie; 1 tbsp baking powder

4 people

95 min

This recipe for a healthy, full-flavoured, gluten-free cake is by Chef Melissa Santos.

Cook

Preparation

in 60 minutes

Cooking

in 35 minutes

Temperature

180 °C

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C. Grease a round 23cm tin with canola oil.
Separate the eggs and whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until stiff. Set aside.
Dice the apples.
Combine the diced apples, sultanas, chopped pecans, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla essence and set aside.
Using an electric or hand mixer, mix the egg yolks, brown sugar, canola oil and butter until the mixture is smooth.
Combine the whisked egg whites with the “Mix Dolci” and apple mixture, and mix carefully.
Add the baking powder.
Pour the mixture into a cake tin and bake for approx. 35 minutes.
Dust with sugar and cinnamon before serving.
Tip: You can substitute bananas for apples, raisins for sultanas and Brazil nuts for the pecans.

Ingredients

apples

tbsp

sultanas

tbsp

pecans, roughly chopped

1/2

tsp

cloves, ground

1/2

tsp

freshly ground nutmeg