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Gluten-free Apple Almond Cake

Taken from Carol Kicinski's book, Simply. . .Gluten free Desserts, Gluten free Apple Almond Cake earns high reviews from everyone, even wheat flour lovers.
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Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup (heaping) unsweetened applesauce
  • 8 large Nature's Yoke eggs
  • 3 1/4 cup almond meal
  • 1 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup sliced almonds

Topping

  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 10-inch spring form pan with gluten-free, nonstick spray. Line pan with parchment paper, cut to fit.
  • Put the sugar in food processor (or blender) and process for 1 minute. Add the rest of the cake ingredients and process to a puree. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
  • Sprinkle the almonds on top of cake. Mix together sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle evenly over almonds.
  • Bake the cake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove sides of the pan and cake from the bottom of pan.
  • Peel off parchment paper and place on serving plate.