Alternative Christmas Cake
Try this Alternative Christmas Cake recipe, or contribute your own.
- Preparing Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Served Person: 0
vegetarian
white meat free
contains gluten
red meat free
shellfish free
contains dairy
contains eggs
pescatarian
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- for the cake:
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 medium banana
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 100 g carrots peeled unless organic and chopped
- 250 g parsnips peeled unless organic and chopped
- 200 g walnuts
- 4 tbsp flour of choice (i used teff if you wanted to make it grain-free use tapioca starch - you may be able to get away with not adding this at all but i haven't tried that)
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- splash of cider vinegar
- 4 medium free range eggs
- 100 g olive oil (reduce slightly if using no flour)
- 1 - 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp ground mixed spice
- zest 1 orange
- for the optional lactose-free topping (you could u
- 1/2 tub lacto-free cream cheese
- 10 g melted coconut oil
- zest 1 clementine
- juice 1/2 clementine
- Carbohydrate 57.2602617449946 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 119.332152243584 g
- Fiber 20.8075001960168 g
- Protein 50.1531092307692 g
- Saturated Fat 7.31034913461442 g
- Serving Size 1 1 recipe (802g)
- Sodium 2563.41016826899 mg
- Sugar 36.4527615489779 g
- Trans Fat 11.5019350769231 g
- Calories 1383 calories
Place the roughly chopped carrot and parsnip into a food processor and whizz until finely choppedAdd the nuts and process further until tiny piecesAdd the banana and flour and process againFinally add all the other cake ingredients and process for about 3-4 minutes until the mixture is smoothWhilst the mixture is being made, grease a 20cm square tin and pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees, 180 degree fan.Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the pre-heated oven for 30 - 35 minutes until springy to the touch and cooked through. Cool on a wire rack before toppingWhile the cake is cooking prepare the topping if using.Mix all the ingredients together and place in the fridge until ready to spread on top of the cold cake
