Your Food APPLE PIE MUG CAKE A quick treat to satisfy a little craving is not as guilt-laden as you think, if you are making this five-minute apple pie mug cake. This cake is gluten and sugar-free, and all you need to make it is a microwave! INGREDIENTS • ½ green apple, peeled and grated • Pinch ground cinnamon • Pinch mixed spice • Pinch ground ginger • 3 tbsp almond flour or almond meal • 1 tbsp inulin powder • 1 egg • ½ tsp baking powder • ½ tsp pure vanilla extract • Unsweetened coconut yogurt to serve (optional) • Pan-fried apples to serve (optional)
METHOD 1. Place the grated apple, cinnamon, mixed spice and ground ginger into a large mug or ramekin, then microwave on high for 1 minute. 2. Stir in the remaining ingredients, return the mug to the microwave and cook on high for a further two minutes. 3. Allow the cake to sit for 1 minute before turning out onto a little plate. Top with a spoon of coconut yoghurt and a few panfried apples (if using).
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Recipe taken from Eat Your Way Slim & Healthy by Bridget Davis (£14.99, Murdoch Books,). Photography by Rebecca Elliott.
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