18 October 2013

blueberry, lime + coconut cake


Serves 10


Dry ingredients
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon coconut sugar
Wet ingredients
4 free-range eggs
3 tablespoons nuttelex, melted
juice + zest of 1 lime
zest of 1/2 lemon
6 tablespoons coconut milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
punnet (1/2 cup) blueberries
Glaze ingredients
1/4 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
30ml coconut cream
Pinch of celtic sea salt
25ml honey
15ml lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract


Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C
  2. In a bowl combine dry ingredients
  3. In a separate bowl mix wet ingredients, excluding blueberries
  4. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients using a spatula
  5. Combine blueberries into mixture
  6. Spoon mixture into a cake tin and bake for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean
  7. Remove and allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving
  8. On low heat, combine glaze ingredients until smooth
  9. Cool glaze in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before spreading over cake



Notes
This is a delightfully light and fluffy cake, due to the use of coconut flour. Like most cake recipes, you can use this same mixture to make muffins - this recipe makes about 6 large muffins.

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