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Apple, Thyme and Almond Cake

May 1, 2015 By Hana 8 Comments

Apple Thyme and Almond Cake

I have this beautiful lemon thyme plant on my windowsill and last weekend I had some apples that needed using and as it happened together they have made it into this simple sponge cake. I have used my almond and olive oil cake recipe for the base, added some thyme, topped it with some sliced apples and voila a new recipe was born!

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This cake is made with light spelt flour, ground almonds and it’s lightly sweetened with maple syrup. The lemon thyme gives it a little lemony flavour that comes through nicely. You could choose to sweeten this cake with some unrefined sugar instead of maple syrup, just add extra milk if you do so. I have also dusted this cake with some coconut flour instead of sugar and decorated with some extra sprigs of lemon thyme. It’s not a large cake, just perfect if you fancy a little not too sweet treat with your afternoon tea.

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Apple, Thyme and Almond Cake
 
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Author: Hana, Nirvana Cakery
Ingredients
  • 2 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
  • little squeeze of lemon
  • 2 sprigs of lemon thyme
  • 140g light spelt flour (1 cup)
  • 100g ground almonds (1 cup)
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • ½tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 80ml maple syrup (1/3 cup)
  • 80ml olive oil (1/3 cup)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp almond milk
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan)
  2. Grease and line 9" round spring form cake baking tin.
  3. Peel, core and slice the apples, squeeze little lemon juice over them and set aside.
  4. In a bowl whisk together spelt flour, ground almonds, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, salt and thyme and set aside.
  5. In a different bowl whisk together eggs, maple syrup, olive oil and vanilla.
  6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture together with 2 tbsp of milk and mix until just combined.
  7. Spoon the mixture into your prepared tin and level the surface.
  8. Arrange the sliced apples on top and bake for about 40 min or until a cocktail stick comes out clean.
  9. Remove from the oven and leave to cool down.
  10. Place on a cake stand and enjoy!
Notes
You can replace maple syrup with 1 cup of unrefined sugar and ½ cup of milk.
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Apple Thyme and Almond Cake

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Comments

  1. Teresa says

    May 1, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    This looks so beautiful Hana! Perfect for some relaxed, yummy bank holiday baking… Tx

    Reply
  2. Hana says

    May 2, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    Thank you! If you need some lemon thyme, you know where I am! xx

    Reply
    • Barbara Morgan says

      May 6, 2018 at 11:54 am

      No. Where are you? Is there a substitute for lemon thime? Thank you for reply

      Reply
      • Hana says

        May 6, 2018 at 1:08 pm

        Hi Barbara, any fresh thyme plant is fine or you can just leave it out if you don’t have any on hand.

        Reply
  3. Star says

    May 11, 2017 at 1:35 pm

    hi its ground almond the same as almond flour? thank you.

    Reply
    • Hana says

      May 12, 2017 at 8:50 pm

      Hi Star, I think almond flour is more fine, but you can happily use either. It will be OK in the cake.

      Reply
  4. Nicole says

    March 4, 2018 at 1:13 am

    I love my lemon thyme plant, so excited to use it in a cake now! Thanks for the recipe :)

    Reply
    • Hana says

      March 10, 2018 at 7:04 pm

      You’re so welcome Nicole! Lemon thyme is such lovely plant, hope you enjoy it in a cake :)

      Reply

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