The Ingredients:
Topping
- 120 cc (or ½ cup) of pecans
- 15 g (or 1 tablespoon) of butter
- stevia equivalent of 12 g (or 1 tablespoon) of sugar
- 1.5 g (or ½ teaspoon) of powdered cinnamon
Cake
- 30 g (or 2 tablespoons) of butter
- 60 ml (or ¼ cup) of coconut cream
- stevia equivalent of 100 g (or ½ cup) of sugar
- 5 ml (or 1 teaspoon) of pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 100 g (or 1 cup) of almond flour
- 10 g (or 2 tablespoons) of all-purpose flour
- 2.5 g (or ½ teaspoon) of baking soda
- 3 g (or ½ teaspoon) of salt
- 1.5 g (or ½ teaspoon) of powdered cinnamon
- 1 apple, weighing approximately 175 g (or 6 oz)
The Method:
Topping
Topping
- Butter a square or rectangular baking pan, approximately 20 x 20 cm (or 8 x 8 inch).
- Set the oven to 175°C (or 350°F).
- Prepare the topping by first chopping the pecans to the desired size for a crumbly texture.
- Melt the butter, and add the stevia and cinnamon, stirring to distribute evenly.
- Add the pecans to the butter mixture and stir to coat the nut pieces with the butter.
Cake
- Prepare the wet ingredients by first melting the butter.
- Place the coconut cream, egg, stevia, and vanilla in a medium-size mixing bowl.
- Whisk to break up the egg.
- Add the melted butter and continue to whisk until the mixture is homogeneous.
- Prepare the dry ingredients by placing the almond flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon into a medium-size mixing bowl.
- Stir thoroughly, breaking up any lumps of almond flour, until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Prepare the apple by washing and drying it, then dicing it into cubes approximately 6 mm (or ¼ inch) in diameter.
- Add the apple cubes to the dry ingredients mixture, and stir to cover each piece of apple with flour.
- Add the flour-apple mixture to the wet ingredients and stir quickly and thoroughly to make a soft dough.
- Turn the dough out into the greased baking pan and spread it evenly across the bottom.
- Sprinkle the pecan topping over the dough.
- Lightly and rapidly press the pecan topping down so the larger pieces are halfway into the dough.
- Immediately place the baking pan into the oven.
- Bake the cake for 30 minutes.
- Cool the baking pan on a rack before cutting the cake into Happening bars or squares.