Monday, April 7, 2014

Red Beet, Courgette Cake


This cake is a perfect afternoon pick me up cake. You can replace the red beet for carrot and the courgette for banana.

Ingredients:
1 medium sized red beet
1/3 courgette
1 small apple
2 dl sugar (I used palm sugar)
pinch of salt
1 dl oat flour
2 tbsp baking powder
2 dl white unbleached spelt flour
1 dl flaxseed flour (blend flax seeds in a blender till you have a sort of flour)
3 eggs
80 grams coconut oil
1 dl sunflower seeds

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 180 C
  2. Use a blender to mix the eggs and the sugar, till fluffy
  3. Peel the red beet. Grate the red beet, courgette and apple
  4. Melt the coconut oil on a low heat
  5. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl
  6. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the egg mix
  7. Then add the cool coconut oil
  8. Now add the grated vegetables and blend
  9. Grease a cake pan and dust with flour
  10. Pour the cake batter into the form and sprinkle the sunflower seeds over the top
  11. Bake in the middle of your oven for 45min - 1 hour, depending on your oven. test by sticking a fork or knife into the middle of the cake, it should come out dry and not covered in dough. 




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