I’m almost back to normal. I hope to start running at the beginning of next week. It’s so important when you get sick to rest. If you try to push through, you are not giving your immune system a chance to do its job. The only thing I hate about being sick is being bored. I love that I can work from home. My job is a desk job, but I don’t have to do it at a desk. Like I said in my last post, this is not presenteeism. I still rested, working just kept my ever running brain occupied. Working from home makes this possible.

This week I am working through a glut of apples. Our friend gave us a whole bunch. Now I have to do something with them. That’s when I found a recipe from All Recipes for German Apple Cake. This is an easy cake to make. It’s not high calorie to begin with, but it’s not gluten free and is full of carbs. Making those swaps will lower the calories.

Here are the original stats:

Here’s what I changed:

• I replaced the oil with unsweetened applesauce to lower the calories and fat.
• I replaced the sugar with their sweetener equivalent. I will be using both Splenda and Swerve brown to lower the carbs.
• I replaced the all purpose flour with almond and coconut flours to reduce the carbs and make this gluten free.
• I lowered the servings from 24 to 12 because all of the swaps caused the calories to be so low that we could eat a bigger piece.
• I lowered the salt by half to reduce the sodium.

Here are the final stats:

Here is the final recipe:

Low Carb German Apple Cake

Makes 12 Bars

• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sweetener
• 1 cup brown sweetener
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups almond flour
• 0.5 cups coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups apples – peeled, cored and diced

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9×13-inch cake pan with parchment paper.
2. Beat applesauce and eggs in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until combined. Add sweeteners and vanilla; beat well.
3. Stir together flours, cinnamon, xanthan gum, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to egg mixture; mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Fold in apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake on a wire rack.