Healthy Gluten-Free Maple Cake
Craving some cake but don't want all the calories, fat, sugar and unhealthy ingredients? Then make this Gluten-Free Maple Cake! One bite and you'd never suspect it's also refined sugar free, low fat, high protein, and dairy free too!
Ingredients
- 160g (1 cup) Brown Rice Flour
- 136g (1 cup) Sweet White Sorghum Flour
- 1 tbs Double-Acting Baking Powder
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 246g (1 cup) Unsweetened Applesauce
- ½ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 168g (½ cup) Pure Maple Syrup (I used Grade B)
- 4 Large Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 1 tbs Apple Cider Vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper circles and spray with cooking spray.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the brown rice flour, sorghum flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, almond milk, maple syrup, eggs, vanilla extract and stevia extract.
- Dump the dry ingredients over the wet ingredients and whisk together.
- Whisk in the vinegar, then scoop the batter into the prepared cake pans. Bake for 25-28 minutes, or until the surface of the cakes spring back when tapped. Flip the cakes over onto wire cooling racks and let cool completely. Frost the cake, slice, and serve!
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Gluten-Free Maple Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 serving = 1/8th of cake)
Calories 240
Calories from Fat 32
% Daily Value*
Fat 3.5g5%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 105mg35%
Sodium 280mg12%
Carbohydrates 45g15%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 16g18%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 200IU4%
Vitamin C 6.6mg8%
Calcium 60mg6%
Iron 1.8mg10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.