Humming Bird

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

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