Apple Coconut Cake (gf, Cf, Vegan)

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons ground flax seeds
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup sorghum flour
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup organic coconut flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon guar gum
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 teaspoons bourbon vanilla extract
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped small
• 1/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1 apple, peeled and sliced medium-thick
• 1 teaspoon raw sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 f and line the bottom of a 10” spring form pan.
• 2 in a small bowl, whisk together the flaxseed and hot water. set aside.
• 3 whisk together flours, starch, guar gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spice. set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl, beat together flax mixture, brown sugar, oil, coconut milk and vanilla until the batter is smooth.
• 5 fold in the chopped apples and coconut.
• 6 spread in the prepared pan and lightly press sliced apple pieces in a decorative pattern on top.
• 7 sprinkle the top of the cake with raw sugar.
• 8 bake 55 - 60 minutes. do not open the oven door before 45 minutes.
• 9 cool in the pan twenty minutes, then loosen the sides of the cake from the pan and remove the ring. cool completely before slicing (although this is delicious gently reheated).