Quinoa Applesauce Cake

Name: Quinoa Applesauce Cake
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups Quinoa flour; 1 cup Currents; 1/2 cup Chopped pecans; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 1/2 tsp Alum-free baking powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Ground cloves; 1/2 cup Sweet butter, unsalted; 1 cup Sucanat sugar or maple sugar; 1 ea Large organic egg; 2 cups Unsweetened, organic applesauce

May 28, 2001 Robin R. - Editor

About

I loved this delectable gluten-free cake! As sugar is no longer the staple it used to be in my pantry, I did not realize until I was half way through the recipe that I had only half the amount of unrefined sugar indicated. I replaced the missing half cup sugar with 1/8 teaspoon stevia extract powder. The cake turned out great and my husband and I were able to enjoy a dessert with less sugar in it. The applesauce and currents also work to sweeten this cake. This was my first time using quinoa flour. It smelled like cornbread while baking, though only had a hint of a corn-like flavour. The spices greatly enhance the flavours of the quinoa, currants and applesauce. This cake has a nice texture considering it’s gluten-free.

Ingredients

Quinoa flour		1 3/4 cups
Currents		1 cup
Chopped pecans		1/2 cup
Baking soda		1/2 tsp
Alum-free baking powder		1/2 tsp
Salt		1/2 tsp
Ground cloves		1/2 tsp
Sweet butter, unsalted		1/2 cup
Sucanat sugar or maple sugar		1 cup
Large organic egg		1 ea
Unsweetened, organic applesauce		2 cups

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the flour over the currants and nuts and set aside.
Blend the baking soda, baking powder, salt and cloves with the remaining quinoa flour.
Separately mix together butter, sugar and egg.
Combine all ingredients, adding the fruit and nuts at the end.
Spoon into an oiled 8 x 8 – inch cake pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.