Gluten-free

Made with box vanilla cake mix, applesauce and cinnamon. 1h 40m, makes 6, 9 ingredients.

Recipe by lesswithlaur.com

Prep

10 min

Cook

40 min

Total

1h 40m

Makes

6

Ingredients

• 1 box vanilla cake mix ((I used Simple Mill's Vanilla Cake Mix.))
• 1/3 cup oil ((I used olive oil. Feel free to use any oil here!))
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 tbsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup applesauce
• 2 apples ((I love using honey crisp!))
• 1/2 cup sugar ((I used coconut sugar but feel free to use any kind of sugar!))
• 1 tbsp cinnamon ((I used cardamom for a lower histamine option!))
• 1 container vanilla frosting

Instructions

Method by lesswithlaur.com. Cook it from their page if you can, so the people who developed and tested it get the visit.

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF.
2. Combine water, 1 tbsp vanilla, oil and binder (eggs, applesauce or eggs and applesauce) in a bowl.
3. Add in cake mix.
4. Make the apple filling by mixing apples, coconut sugar, cinnamon and 1 tbsp vanilla.
5. Pour half of the cake batter into the greased 8x8 baking dish. You can grease the baking dish with oil or butter. Alternatively, for easy clean up you can line it with parchment paper.
6. Add the apple mixture on top.
7. Add the remaining batter on top of the apples and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when you stick it in the center of the cake.
8. Wait until the cake is completely cooled and then frost with vanilla frosting.
9. Cut into squares and enjoy!