Breadfruit Cake

Name: Breadfruit Cake
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 cup (125 g) cake flour; 1 cup (125 g) unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1½ teaspoons vanilla essence; ½ teaspoon pink or sea salt; 1 cup (240 ml) nondairy milk; ½ teaspoon blackstrap molasses; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons agave nectar, optional; ½ cup (115 g) vegetable shortening; 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or distilled white vinegar; 1 scant teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup (220 g) cooked breadfruit mashed with a little nondairy milk, cooled; ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Caribbean Vegan

By Taymer Mason

Published 2021

About

This cake shows the versatility of breadfruit as an egg replacer. This cake is very rich, and the breadfruit imparts a slightly nutty flavor.

Ingredients

1 cup (240 ml) nondairy milk
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or

Dessert
Cake
Vegan
Caribbean

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) and grease an 8 × 8-inch (20 × 20 cm) cake pan.
Mix the milk with the vinegar and set aside to form vegan buttermilk.
Cream the shortening and sugar in a medium bowl, until most of the sugar crystals have dissolved.