Easy, Gluten-Free Applesauce Cake

8 servings

This gluten-free applesauce cake is the EASIEST gluten-free fall dessert!

It is light and moist with an AMAZING texture. Serve it for an afternoon snack or with some vanilla ice cream for a delicious dessert.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Preheat the oven to 350F (325F if you're using a glass pan). Lightly grease a 8x8 or 9x9-inch baking dish. Line with parchment paper if desired.
In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. In another bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix with a spatula or spoon until just combined. Stir in half the chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on top.
Bake for 28-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Enjoy!

RECIPE NOTES

I recommend using unsweetened applesauce for this cake recipe. It reduces the overall sugar content and the cake is still plenty sweet! Any kind of applesauce will work though.

If you want to make this even lower sugar, you could replace the brown sugar with coconut sugar or maple syrup.

I like to sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of this gluten-free applesauce cake to give it a bit more sweet, chocolatey goodness. Feel free to add other mix-ins, or skip them all together.

Be sure to use a high-quality gluten-free flour blend, preferably one that includes xanthan gum. I like King Arthur Measure-for-Measure Gluten-Free Flour best.