Real Food Friday Feast - Apple Puff Cake

With Autumn comes loads of apples, and since my fridge is full of them, I decided another apple dish was in order! Something about winter just makes me crave warm, sweet desserts and this one can definitely provide both of those criteria.

Since I listed all of the health benefits of apples in last week's post, I won't go into all of those details again. I'll simply get right to the point and give you the recipe!

Apple Puff Cake

2-3 apples of your choice. If you want this dish to be nice and sweet I would recommend using anything Granny Smith apples.
¼ cup butter
3 eggs
¼ cup chickpea flour
½ cup milk

1½ Tbs honey

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp bicarb
1 tsp vanilla extract

½ tsp xantham gum (not essential, just gives it a nicer texture)
Pinch of salt

Use this vanilla extract and not the fake stuff you get at most grocery stores. Dischem sells this.

Method

• Preheat your oven to 230°C
• Core your apples, throw them in a food processor and chop them up

• Add the butter to a pan
• Throw in the apple and sauté until it starts to get soft, then add 1 Tbs honey and ½ tsp cinnamon and mix

• While the apples are cooking, add the milk, vanilla extract and eggs to a bowl and beat until smooth

• Add the flour, ½ tsp cinnamon, ½ Tbs honey, bicarb and salt to the egg mix and beat until smooth
• Add the apples mix to a pie dish and spread them out evenly

• Pour the batter over the apples (don't worry if some of the apples peek out. The batter will sort that out) If you want, sprinkle some cinnamon on top. I did just for fun:)

Looks like a melk tart but it isn't!

• Pop in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the batter is baked (poke a knife into it and when it comes out clean, it's done)

• Serve immediately to enjoy the steaming heat

If the dish is too dry for you, why not add a little home made custard? If you prefer vanilla custard, just leave out the chocolate in the recipe. I made this custard a few weeks back for a lunch and the bowl was practically licked clean;) I know the two of these recipes will go very well together.

Have a scrumptious weekend:)