Uncle Bob's Fresh Apple Cake - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3 cups Granny Smith apples, (about 2 apples) diced
- 1 cup walnuts, lightly toasted and chopped
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Instructions
- Glaze: Add confectioner's sugar, honey and milk to a small bowl and stir until smooth. Set the bowl aside.
- Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 °. Lightly grease a Bundt pan or tube pan.
- In a bowl, mix together the apples, walnuts, vanilla and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Using an electric mixer beat the sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Add in the dry ingredients and beat until completely combined. Fold in the apple mixture.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to fully cool in the pan, about 1 hour, and then turn it out onto a plate.
- Drizzle the apple cake with some of the honey glaze, serve and enjoy!
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey, Apples, Nuts, Walnuts.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Honey, of...
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