Apple Poppy Seed Cake * RECIPE | Healthy, Gluten free

Happy Wednesday!
I'm bringing you another dessert recipe this week, yet for another apple cake. This time it's going to be a little different type of a cake but this cake has one thing in common with my previous one, it's healthy and gluten free ! It has absolutely no flour in it which is perfect for everyone that is gluten intolerant. This recipe can be customized quite a lot depending on the fruits you like. Let's go to the ingredients.

650 g of apples (can substitute with canned peaches, cherries etc.)
180 g of poppy seeds
60 g of shredded unsweetened coconut
50 g of coconut sugar
6 eggs
1 jar of apple jam (can substitute for a different flavor preferably one that matches the fruit)
1/2 packet of baking powder (6g)

So first you're going to start by preheating your oven to 180°C (350°F). Also you're going to cook the apples, so cut them into cubes and put them into a big pot. Put a lid on and let your apples cook until they're tender. When they're not hard anymore you can turn off the heat and set them aside for a bit we're going to use them later.

Then you're going to start by separating the yolks from the egg whites carefully into two separate bowls. Add your sugar to the egg yolks and combine together until nice and smooth.

Then with the egg whites you're going to use an electronic whisker or if you don't have one just an old fashioned whisk and you're going to whisk the eggs until they obtain a foamy fluffy texture.

Then you're going to mix the egg whites with the egg yolks and add the coconut and the poppy seeds also add some baking powder to the mixture otherwise your cake wouldn't be very tall. Again mix well and make sure that all of the ingredients are combined.

Now you're going to pour the mixture into a circular pan and bake it for 25 minutes.

When you're done, you can cool your cake and then cut it in half so that you'll get two thin layers.

When you're done separating the layers you can take one of them and spread a thick layer of apple jam onto it.

Now it's time to bring back our cooked apples, you're going to layer them over the jam that you used previously.

Last step is to put the final layer of the cake on and you're done. You're cake is basically ready to be served or if you're making this cake for a special occasion you can put a thin layer of jam all over the cake and then sprinkle some shredded coconut on top !

That's it another dessert recipe that's healthy yet delicious thanks for reading until next time :)