Monday 4 April 2011

The Healthy Cake

As promised, the healthy cake recipe. Three versions of the cake were made in the cookery demonstration, I'm posting the one that came out the best with my own adjustments. Bear in mind, this makes a pretty big cake.

1.5 cups wholemeal flour
3/4 cup soy yogurt - plain works well, but I found it better with an apple flavoured one
2 tsp agave syrup
1/4 cup rice milk
Whole bar dark chocolate, grated
One apple, de-cored and grated
One courgette (zucchini), grated
One red pepper, grated
1/2 cup brazil nuts
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries
Lemon zest (optional)
2 tsp Cinnamon (optional)

Mix together flour, chocolate, fruit, vegetables and nuts.
Add yogurt, syrup and milk, and blend until the mixture is slightly thicker than a normal cake mixture. If it is too firm, add a touch more rice milk. It needs to be slightly thicker, because the fruit and the vegetables will release moisture when baked, softening the cake.
Add cinnamon and lemon zest if required - I like it best with the cinnamon, but without the zest. Gives it a nice kick.
Bake in the oven for about 20 mins on 180, or until cakey.
Allow to cool (if you can wait, it's pretty tasty warm).

Notes:
-Cranberries can be substituted for red cabbage
-Nuts are interchangeable; cashews work well too, or use your favourites. If you're allergic to nuts, take them out of the recipe and reduce the amount of soy yogurt slightly.
-I haven't tried this yet, but I bet a mashed up banana or two would go quite nicely in place of 1/4 cup soy yogurt.
-Try different types of dark chocolate; some with orange, or hemp seeds, for example.

3 comments:

  1. This sounds delicious (and a great way to eat healthy while still getting desert!) One question - what a courgette?

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  2. Wow just found this! Total coincidence that my recent blog post is about healthy cakes, weird!! Although yours looks much much healthier, mine is pretty much unhealthy + veg.

    Some great ideas for upping my fruit and veg count :)

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