Ingredients
- Flour (e.g. teff flour ): 120 g
- Vanilla custard powder: 25 g
- Carob powder (or cocoa powder ): 2 tbsp.
- coconut blossom sugar : 2 tbsp.
- ground almonds : 4 tbsp.
- baking powder: 0.5 tsp
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- coconut oil (melted): 1 tbsp.
- cherries: 15 pieces
- apple cider vinegar: 0.5 tbsp.
- Medjool dates : 10 pieces
- hot water: 120 ml
- Optional: bitter almond flavoring: 1 piece
Preparation
Step 1
Soak dates in hot water for 10 min.
Step 2
Mix all dry ingredients
Step 3
Puree the dates together with the soaking water
Step 4
Add the remaining wet ingredients and the date puree to the dry ingredients and mix together
Step 5
Cut the cherries in half and fold 10 of them into the dough
Step 6
Pour the batter into a springform pan (18cm.) and smooth it out
Step 7
Add the remaining cherries and additional chopped almonds to the cake.
Step 8
Bake for approx. 40-45 min. at 170 °C hot air (test with chopsticks).
