Millet Apple Cake – Gluten and Dairy Free

This is a lovely cake for the whole family: gluten + dairy + refined sugar free.

Super moist and soft for little babies, a nice idea for baby led feeding. It’s also appropriate for an allergy free birthday party or simply to enjoy a super yummy apple cake, no matter how old you are 😉

I would serve the cake starting from 8 months due to the grainy texture of the millet, or, once the millet mix is cooked, you can simply use an immersion blender to obtain a smooth consistency.

If you are serving the cake to a baby, you might want either to remove or to thinly cut the apples on the decoration on top.

If you are interested in the apple sweetener I used, it’s called Dolcedi, by RigoniDiAsiago

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Millet Apple Cake – Gluten and Dairy Free

Ingredients

• 5.5 oz. millet 150gr.
• 2 cups almond or coconut milk 500 ml
• 1 Tbsp apple sweetener or honey after 12 months
• 4 Tbsp coconut oil 60gr.
• lemon 1 zest
• 2 eggs
• 7 Tbsp coconut sugar 50gr.
• 2 oz. rice flour 3 Tbsp
• 2 apples 1 for decoration
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a small pot heat the milk with the grated lemon zest, the apple sweetener and the coconut oil.
   
2. When the milk is almost boiling, add the millet and stir.
   
3. Simmer for 30/35 min, up until the millet if fully cooked. Turn the heat off and let it cool down.
   
4. In a stand mixer add the eggs and the sugar, let it work at minimum for 10 minutes: you want to obtain a light foamy mix.
   
5. Slowly add the rice flour + baking soda + baking powder + salt + vanilla and the millet mix.
   
6. Slice one apple with a mandolin. Add the apple to the mix.
   
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8. Fill a cake pan (24cm) with the batter. Use a second apple to decorate on top.
   
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10. Bake at 375F/175C for 50 min.