Hi I'm Leonie from accounts and I'd like to share one of my healthy experiments.
I'm trying to cook free of preservative/artificial colouring/artificial flavouring/wheat and low GI.
Why you might ask? Well I have too many aches and pains and I want to eat low inflammatory foods and still have yummy food to eat.
The almond cake has passed the test around the office.
I change the fruit in it depending on what I have in the fridge or what is in season.
Ingredients
100g organic butter (or coconut oil)
1/3 cup xylitol (or sugar)
3 large eggs
200g almond meal
1/3 cup gluten free Self Raising Flour (or 1/3 cup buckwheat flour with 1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large apples peeled and chopped (plus cinnamon and ginger powder to taste)
OR 2 cups of berries (eg raspberries, blueberries)
2 tablespoons flaked almonds (optional)
Method
Preheat oven to 180degreesC.
Grease a 24cm pie/tart dish (I use a Pyrex one)
Beat softened butter, xylitol and eggs and vanilla.
Add in flour and almond meal and gently beat.
Add fruit and gently mix with a knife.
Spoon in to tart dish. Even out with a knife.
Sprinkle over flaked almonds. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Test with a toothpick at 30mins. If it comes out clean it is ready.
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