Squash and Walnut Drizzle Cake

Name: Squash and Walnut Drizzle Cake
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 80 g (3 oz) puréed roasted squash, cooled; 85 g (3 oz) olive oil; 45 g (1½ oz) date syrup or honey; 60 g (2 oz) brown rice syrup or agave; 60 g (2 oz) brown rice syrup or agave; 60 g (2 oz) plant-based yoghurt; 1.5 tbsp ground flax seeds; 5 tbsp water; 60 g (generous ¼ cup) soft brown sugar; 1 tbsp dried sage; 80 g (3 oz) tapioca flour; 30 g (1 oz) oat flour; 40 g (½ oz) buckwheat flour; 40 g (¼ cup) walnuts, processed into a flour; 40 g (¼ cup) walnuts, processed into a flour; 1½ tsp baking powder; ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp ground ginger; 100 g (3½ oz) candied, roasted or plain walnuts, crumbled; 100 g (3½ oz) candied, roasted or plain walnuts, crumbled; 100 g (3½ oz) candied, roasted or plain walnuts, crumbled; 100 g (scant ½ cup) tahini; 100 g (scant ½ cup) oat milk; 1 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp cacao butter, melted

Preparation info

Makes:
1
small loaf

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Mind Food

By Lauren Lovatt

Published 2022

About

This is a cake for morning, noon and night, and it is packed full of good grains, plants and healthy fats. You can make it into cupcakes or one large cake, as we have done here. They say that baking bread is better than therapy and I would say that baking cake is maybe even better still!

Ingredients

80 g (3 oz) puréed roasted squash, cooled
85 g (3

Dessert
Cake
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

SQUASH Place the puréed squash in a food processor or blender along with the rest of the wet ingredients. Blend until well mixed.

Flax Egg

Make your flax egg by mixing the ground flax seeds with the water. Leave it to sit for five minutes.

At the same time place the walnuts into the oven on a baking tray and roast them for 12 minutes, until