A wonderful & appetizing flower shaped almond butter, banana & chocolate cake!
Coconut blossom sugar is an alternative sweetener. It is beet sugar-free. It is also called Gula Java Brut. This is 100% unsweetened coconut blossom sugar. It is slighty brown in colour. It has a lower glycemic index than agave. It’s GI index is 35. Agave is 40. It also has a lot of minerals and vitamins. Gula Java is coconut blossom sugar from Java. Harvested by tapers high in the coconut trees, the sweet nectar from the coconut blossom is a cherished resource. Above the log fire, the nectar slowly changes into a delicious, unrefined rich sugar as it is gently stirred in the pan, allowing you to enjoy its sweetness and soft caramel flavour at any time of the day. But it isn’t as sweet as normal sugar. It is great in cobbler’s, in crumbles, in cakes, in desserts, etc. You can also use it in savoury dishes. I made a few recipes with it and I love it. It is also great in unsweetened yoghurt,… it adds a nice crunch. So, I think that I will bake in cups, etc from now on,..it is so easy too because now I have tools like 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup and 1/4 cup measuring cups. You don’t have to weigh things. It is cool too! I was up for a challenge to combine almond butter with chocolate but not too much,…It had to be healthy too,..so I came up with this. I joined 3 old gluten full recipes together.
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Recipe: For 1 flower cake
2 large and ripe bananas, peeled and completely mashed with a fork
2 organic free range eggs, beaten loose
1/2 cup of coconut blossom sugar
1 cup salted almond butter, the oils well mixed with the almond butter
1/2 teaspoon of gluten-free vanilla extract, I use home-made
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of baking soda
2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup of dark chocolate chips, at least 72% cacao. I used Callebaut, because he is Belgian!
Method:
1. Preheat your oven for 10 minutes on 180°C ( 350 F ). I used a fan oven. Adjust the oven temperature if necessary.
2. Take your Kenwood bowl and place the K-paddle. Add the mashed bananas, beaten eggs, coconut sugar, almond butter, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix on medium speed for a few minutes until it all comes together. Scrape the sides of your bowl with a plastic scraper. Remix for a minute or until all well mixed.
3. Now, add baking soda, apple cider vinegar and dark chocolate chips. Mix on medium speed for a minute or so or until it all comes together. Again, scrape the sides of the bowl with a plastic scraper. Mix until it all is beautifully combined.
4. Place your silicon flower baking tin on a silpat and then on an oven rack for stability. Fill the silicon flower for 3/4 with the batter and try to divide the chocolate chips all over the cake batter. So, that later on you will have chocolate chips all divide over the cake. Place in the bottom of your oven and bake for about 35 to 40 minutes on 180°C ( 350 F ). You will have to watch the cake because the edges can go darker, if necessary lower the temperature but I didn’t have to! I tested my cake after 35 minutes with a test pin. You will have to test the pin right in the middle of your cake. If the pin comes out clean, your cake is ready. I put my cake back into the oven for 5 minutes extra and did the pin test again. After 40 minutes of baking, my cake was well risen, ready and golden brown.
5. Carefully with hand gloves on, remove the oven rack with the cake from the oven. Leave to rest in the silicon tin for about 15 minutes so that it is easier to remove afterwords. This will also give a lovely shine to the flower cake. After 15 minutes, carefully turn the cake over with the help of your 2 hands, out of the flower tin. Now, you will see the lovely flower pattern. Place on a wire rack to cool down completely. When cold, savour with a good cup of green tea with ginger or a great cup of black coffee.
6. When completely cold, store in an aluminium foil lined round cake tin.
You will see, this cake will not last long,…!!!!!
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Hi Sophie, thanks so much for taking the time to give me such a great reply to my question. This seems like a great sweetener to use. Your cake is beautiful. I just love the shape of it. Great cake tin! I will look out for this sweetener in my health food stores xx
It is called coconut sugar or coconut blossom sugar! Enjoy! x
Oh my word, this looks divine. Thanks Sophie for sending me the link. I will look for coconut sugar at the health food shop.
yes, yes but it is a bit expensive though over here in Belgium!
I’ll find out what it costs in Australia and let you know!
oki doki! x