Gluten Free Apple Cranberry Cake with Vanilla Glaze

Hi Bakers,

This a great flavor combination to make for Fall and Winter. Gluten-Free Apple Cranberry Cake with Vanilla Glaze is perfect for a cold morning or an afternoon treat with a big mug of tea. This cake is sweet like a muffin, but with a finer texture. Expect to bite into many tart apple chunks and bright cranberry bits while enjoying the crunchy sugar glaze on top. My only complaint with this recipe is that it disappears too fast! Enjoy ~Carolyn

Gluten-free Apple Cranberry Cake with Vanilla Glaze

Recipe modified from The View from Great Island

Makes one 8x8” cake

Dry ingredients

1 3/4 cups Cup4Cup Multipurpose Gluten-free flour

1/4 cup blanched almond flour

1 teaspoon sweet rice flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar

1 large egg + 1 egg yolk

1/4 cup 1/2 & 1/2

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 1/2 cups tart fresh apple,  peeled and chopped into ~ 1/4 dice

1/2 cup fresh cranberries, chopped in half or whole

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Glaze

1  cup powdered sugar

2 tablespoons water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease an 8x8” pan or line it with parchment paper.

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk dry ingredients together and set aside.

In a small bowl, combine egg, yolk, 1/2&1/2, and vanilla.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together until smooth and well-mixed. Add half of the dry ingredients and stir until just mixed. Add egg mixture and stir until just combined. Add the remainder of the dry ingredients, stirring until almost combined. add the apple and cranberries and stir gently until mixed. Spoon into baking pan. Arrange thinly sliced apples and cranberries on top in a design you like. Sprinkle with large grain sugar. Bake for about 45-55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean except for a few moist crumbs. Let cool for 10 minutes and prepare the glaze. Combine glaze ingredients in a small microwave-safe bowl. Heat until the glaze is very hot and less opaque. Immediately brush warm cake with vanilla gaze. Let cool completely.