Name: Humming Bird
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ cup maple syrup; 1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 1½ cups spelt flour (or all-purpose flour); ½ cup raw cashew nuts; 1 cup coconut sugar (or muscovado sugar); 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla paste; juice of ½ lemon; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons pineapple juice, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons coconut oil; 1 tablespoon vanilla paste; ½ teaspoon salt; ⅓ cup raw pecan nuts; ½ cup chopped fresh pineapple (stewed or canned); ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons coconut milk; ¼ cup coconut oil, melted; ½ cup raw macadamia nuts; 1 cup mashed bananas

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

WHOLE

By Melissa Delport

Published 2018

About

This cake is the perfect example of how you can replace sugars and standard baking ingredients with healthier options, and make a delicious frosting without using the conventional milk, butter and powdered sugar.

Ingredients

Cake

1½ cups spelt flour (or all-purpose flour)
1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

Method

Soak the nuts for the frosting in water overnight or for 4 hours minimum. Once you’re ready to work with them, drain and rinse them.

Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease a 25 cm bowl

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