Healthy cake – is it possible?

Name: Healthy cake – is it possible?
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 22cm round cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: For the cake:; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (we use gluten free mix flour from Shipton Mill); 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 1/3 cup grated carrots; 1 cup grated curgette; 1 cup finely grated beets; 1/2 cup raisins; 1 1/3 cup pure maple syrup or you can use 100g unrafined sugar and 1/2 cup maple syrup; 2/3 cup sunflower or other mild-tasting oil; 4 eggs; For the frosting:; ripe avocados flesh of 2, chopped; 200 g good quality cocoa powder; 1-2 tablespoons liquid honey or pure maple syrup

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Bristol

Carrots, courgette, beetroots, avocado sounds like salad recipe  But not it is CAKE!
I did this cake first time for my daughter second birthday. We took it to our Steiner group with we going every week. Nobody believe me that you can squeeze in one cake that many veg. All children love it.
I hope you will enjoy my cake.

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Ingredients

35 min

22cm round cake

For the cake:
2 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour (we use gluten free mix flour from Shipton Mill)
3 teaspoonsbaking powder
1 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
1/2 teaspooncinnamon
1/4 teaspoonsalt
1 1/3 cupgrated carrots
1 cupgrated curgette
1 cupfinely grated beets
1/2 cupraisins
1 1/3 cuppure maple syrup or you can use 100g unrafined sugar and 1/2 cup maple syrup
2/3 cupsunflower or other mild-tasting oil
4eggs
For the frosting:
ripe avocados flesh of 2, chopped
200 ggood quality cocoa powder
1-2 tablespoonsliquid honey or pure maple syrup

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Steps

35 min

1

Arrange oven racks to divide oven into thirds. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease two 22cm cake pans, dust with a spoonful of flour and tap out. Line each with a round of parchment paper.
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Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a bowl. In another bowl, stir together carrots, curgettes, beets and raisins.
3

In a large mixing bowl, beat maple syrup and oil together until emulsified. Add eggs one at a time, beating until batter is smooth. Add flour mixture in three or four batches, mixing gently until mixture is even. Gently mix in the vegetable mixture. Divide between baking pans.
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Place one baking pan in center of each of the racks. Bake 25-35 minutes, until a skewer or paring knife inserted into centers comes out clear and cakes are pulling away from the sides of pans. Cool on a rack about 5 minutes, then gently remove from pans. Cool to room temperature before frosting.
5

To make frosting: Place avocado and cocoa powder in a food processor and blend together until smooth. Keep blending until the mousse is very smooth and creamy. Taste, and if you would like it a little sweeter, you can add a bit of honey or maple syrup.
6

You can divide your cake in two and spread some avocado chocolate muss between layers.

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on August 19, 2017 09:13

Bristol

Hi I`m Greg 😀 🔸father of 1 lovely daughter 🔸vegetarian, try to be vegan, GF, and sugar free 🌱 🔸chef 👉want to start eating better? 👉come eat with me!www.cookeatandtravel.blogspot.co.uk