Taking a bite of her very first birthday cake. It was delicious.
A portrait of Millie, once a week, every week, as a one year old.
(I saw this idea on another blog and I love it! This series will most likely include a lot of "firsts" and much big-girl activity. Technically this is week 2 of being a 1-year-old, so just playing catch-up with this first one :)
Apple Spice Cake with Maple
"A naturally sweetened, lighter-than-air cake that is simple to make and bursting with apples." Found on simplebites.net, adapted from the Green Market Baking Book
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup brown rice syrup
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups organic cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups chopped apples
Instructions
- Preheat to oven to 325F and butter two 8-inch round cake pans.
- Warm the coconut oil in a glass measuring cup until it is runny, then pour into a large bowl. Use the same cup to measure the syrups to the bowl. Add the vanilla and mix well.
- Add the eggs and mix wet ingredients well.
- In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine but do not over mix.
- Fold in the apples and combine to coat.
- Divide batter between the two pans and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool for ten minutes on a wire rack, then loosen around the edges of the pan with a knife and invert cakes onto the cooling rack. Serve warm or cool and frost.
