Spice-a-licious Apple Cake

Happy October!

This moist and delicious apple cake can also be prepared as individual apple muffins (perfect for distributing in the office or at school).

Cake Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 medium apples (seeded and finely chopped)
1 large egg
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce

Topping:

1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon powdered sugar


Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease 8x12 baking pan or muffin tin
3. Mix with a whisk, flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a bowl
4. In a larger bowl mix, white sugar, chopped apples, egg and unsweetened apple sauce
5. Add the first mix into the larger bowl and stir until combined
6. Pour mixture into pan or muffin tin
7. Sprinkle the topping ingredients over the cake or muffins
8. Bake for 30-35 minutes

Chocolate Brownies

Ever notice brownies from a brownie mix taste like pure sugar? I was looking for a recipe that tastes like real ingredients. After a bit of tweaking I finally figured it out! This recipe uses a few interesting ingredients like, Silk coconut milk, coconut oil and whole wheat flour.

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

2 cup sugar or 1 cup Truvia

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon pure vanilla

4 eggs

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/2 cup Silk Original coconut milk

Optional: Baking chocolate chips (dark or milk)

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease 9x9 pan
3. Mix all of the dry ingredients together
4. Mix all of the wet ingredients into the mixed dry ingredients
5. Pour the mixture into the pan
6. Sprinkle Dark Chocolate Morsels (baking chocolate chips) on top of the brownies - I used Nestle All Natural Dark Chocolate Morsels
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Pumpkin Bread

To kick this blog and the Autumn season off have a slice of freshly baked pumpkin bread!

Dry Ingredients:

2 cups wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups packed dark brown sugar
2/3 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Wet Ingredients:
1 can 15 oz pumpkin puree
2/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1/3 cup olive oil
2/3 cup Original Silk Coconut Milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease mini loaf pans or an 8x4
3. Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a bowl
4. Mix in all wet ingredients (I use a hand mixer)
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes