Humming Bird

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

Spice Cake with Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting

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

Cake
Vegetarian

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