Apple Spice Bundt Cake & Pumpkin Pie

Nothing says “fall” fairly like a selfmade cake or pie! Add just a little twist to your apple or pumpkin-flavored seasonal desserts that may have your visitors begging for extra. Not solely are these treats scrumptious, however they’re wholesome as effectively.

The next is an excerpt from The Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free Household Cookbook by Leah Webb. It has been tailored for the online.

Apple Spice Bundt Cake

My mom made probably the most scrumptious apple cake after I was a child, nevertheless it was a practice I might now not take pleasure in as soon as we found my son’s allergy to wheat.

I needed to incorporate a recipe that introduced me again to my childhood reminiscences of a heat kitchen full of the pleasant perfume of apples and cinnamon.

Not solely does this date-sweetened cake fill my coronary heart with heat reminiscences, nevertheless it additionally rapidly turned a brand new household custom for particular events. With a texture and taste profile that very intently mimic a cake made with conventional flour, you merely can’t go mistaken!

Substances

• 5 cups (565 g) peeled and  sliced apples, about 4–5 medium apples
• 2⁄3 cup (185 g) pitted Medjool dates, packed
• ¹⁄₂ cup (120 ml) avocado oil
• 4 eggs
• ¹⁄₂ cup (120 ml) water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 ripe plantains,  peeled and chopped
• 2⁄3 cup (95 g) cassava flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• ¹⁄4 teaspoon ginger powder
• ¹⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, for greasing

Process

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
2. Peel and thinly slice the apples and put aside.
3. Utilizing a high-powered blender or meals processor, mix the dates, avocado oil, eggs, water, and vanilla until the dates are utterly puréed, about 30 seconds.
4. Add all the opposite components besides the apples and coconut oil into the blender or meals processor and mix till a batter has fashioned, about 1 minute.
5. Combine the apples into the batter utilizing a mixing spoon, and evenly pour the batter right into a greased 10-inch (25 cm) Bundt pan. You’ll want to evenly distribute the apples all through.
6. Bake the cake for 45–50 minutes or till an inserted knife comes out clear.
7. Enable the cake to chill for about 10 minutes and take away it from the pan by turning the pan the other way up onto a cooling rack.
8. Enable the cake to chill for two hours earlier than serving.

Batch Cooking and Leftovers: Reduce into particular person slices earlier than freezing so to portion out particular person items now and again. Work in batches if doubling the cake.

Pumpkin Pie with Hazelnut Crust

Though this pie isn’t a precise reproduction of the condensed milk–sweetened model that the majority of us are accustomed to, its deliciously distinctive flavors and completely candy creaminess are sufficient to impress any visitor.

The toasted taste of the hazelnut crust offers this pie a novel twist on the vacation basic. Serve every slice topped with a dollop or two of selfmade Coconut Whipped Cream. For a pecan crust, use 2 cups (220 g) of pecans within the place of the hazelnuts.

Substances – Crust

• 1¹⁄₂ cups (215 g) entire hazelnuts
• 2 tablespoons (25 g) coconut oil, extra for greasing
• 1 egg white, reserve yolk for filling
• Pinch of salt

Substances – Filling

• 1 can (15 ounces [425 g]) pumpkin purée
• 1 can (5.4 ounces [160 ml]) unsweetened coconut cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• ¹⁄₂ cup (140 g) pitted Medjool dates, packed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• Pinch of salt

Process – Crust

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
2. Grind the hazelnuts into a rough flour utilizing a blender or meals processor.
3. Combine within the remaining components by hand till effectively mixed.
4. Place the crust combination right into a greased pie pan and use fingers to evenly press the combination into the pan, taking the time to kind an excellent crust.
5. Use a fork to poke holes alongside the underside of the crust.
6. Bake the crust for 7 minutes whereas getting ready the filling.

Process – Filling

1. Mix all of the filling components in a blender or meals processor and gently mix till the batter is easy.
2. Pour the combination into the nice and cozy piecrust and bake the pie for 45 minutes or till set.
3. Enable the pie to utterly cool earlier than serving.

Batch Cooking and Leftovers: This recipe will be simply doubled so long as you’ve gotten two pie pans.

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