A second seasonal recipe this month thanks to Maria-Carin
At the end of summer when plums are in abundance and bursting with ripeness, when the days are slowly getting shorter, you might find yourself wondering what delicious things to do with them. May this cake answer your ponderings and satisfy you, warm your heart and prepare you for winter.
The white drizzle in the photo was only added for dramatic photographic effect; it is totally unnecessary to add an icing. Having said that, vanilla ice cream brings this cake to another level.
Enjoy deliciously while still a little warm with a cup of Rooibos Chai Tea.
Makes 1 medium round cake
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
1 cup almond meal
1⁄2 cup buckwheat flour
1⁄2 cup rice flour
1⁄2 cup coconut sugar
1 tsp bicarb
Pinch nutmeg
Pinch salt
Zest of 3 lemons
Wet ingredients
1⁄4 cup flaxmeal, soaked in 1 cup rice milk for 10 minutes
1⁄3 cup coconut oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tbsp vanilla extract
More ingredients
5 ripe plums, sliced into slim half-moons
2 tbsp coconut sugar
Drizzle lime or lemon juice
Action!
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Melt the coconut oil.
- Slice the plums into thin fans and drizzle with lime or lemon juice and coconut sugar. Set aside.
- Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
- Mix the wet ones in another bowl.
- Combine the two.
- Pour batter into a lined cake tin and cover the top with plums, another little sprinkle of sugar and the drizzle of juice. You could try creating a Fibonacci spiral for a visually appealing effect or simply stick to circles.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until the top goes a little brown and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool a little before cutting. Enjoy!
Tip
You can exchange the almond meal for hazelnut meal and the plums for pears and make an absolutely heavenly Pear and Hazelnut Cake ahhhh mmmm….!
This recipe can be found on page 233 in Maria-Carin’s wonderfully-produced cookbook, Lick Your Plate!
Lick Your Plate
by Maria-Carin Gala
Cookbook from Gala’s plant-based, gluten-free and refined sugar-free Organic Kitchen
Hardback (with ebook) available through the author:
www.mcgala.com
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