WBS Magazine - Issue 4

½ tin of crushed pineapple in juice
raisins 115g
rolled oats
160g
tsp baking powder
2
baking soda
1tsp
tsp Vanilla paste or extract
1
tsp Cinnamon
1
½ Allspice (or nutmeg and cloves)
grated carrots
220g
chopped walnuts
60g
chopped, pitted dates
150g
cashews
85g
water
200ml
silken tofu (optional – this makes for a
100g
icing)
lighter
tsp vanilla paste or extract
1
juice to taste (2 or 3 tbsp are usually
Lemon
good)
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Soak the raisins in the juice from the crushed
1.
– the longer the raisins soak, the
pineapple
the flavour. If you don’t have much time,
better
can always speed up the process by
you
the mixture in the microwave.
heating
Preheat the oven to 180*C and line your
2.
(20cm x 20cm or the equivalent) with
cake-tin
paper.
baking
Put the oats and chopped dates with 2/3 of
3.
raisins into a powerful blender and grind to
the
flour. If your blender isn’t powerful enough to
a
the dates, you can pre-soak them with
handle
raisins to soften them first.
the
Add the spices, baking powder and baking
4.
then blend to a smooth texture with the
soda,
(you won’t taste the banana in the
banana
cake), pineapple and the soaking
finished
liquid.
Fold in the grated carrots, remaining raisins
5.
walnuts (leave out the nuts, if you prefer,
and
substitute with coconut or 30g rolled oats).
or
Transfer the batter to the cake tin and bake
6.
around 40 minutes. When the cake is
for
the top will be medium brown, and will
cooked,
back when you press a finger or spoon
spring
it. Let cool for 10 minutes and then turn
against
Soak the dates, cashews, water, juice and
1.
in a blender for about an hour. Using
vanilla
water will speed up the process. Blend
boiling
very smooth, scraping down the sides as
until
required.
Add Tofu and blend in thoroughly, until you
2.
reached the desired consistency.
have
Chill for extra firmness.
3.
Carrot Cake by
Hilke's Health
A N D I T M A K E S A W O N D E R F U L T R E A T .
D I R E C T I O N S
I N G R E D I E N T S :
pitted, chopped dates
115g
very ripe banana
½
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out onto a cooling rack.
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