Moorish Spelt Cake

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 287.6
  • Total Fat: 12.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 138.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 45.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.9 g
  • Protein: 4.4 g

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Introduction

All-natural ingredients and Medjool dates combine to form a luscious, rich vegan chocolate-mocha cake with the healthful properties of spelt flour. All-natural ingredients and Medjool dates combine to form a luscious, rich vegan chocolate-mocha cake with the healthful properties of spelt flour.
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    1 cup hot brewed espresso
    1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla
    1 tsp Kahlua (optional)
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 ½ cups chopped and pitted Medjool dates
    2 cups spelt flour
    ¾ cup carob powder (or natural cocoa)
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    ¾ teaspoon salt
    ¾ cup stick margarine
    2/3 cup cane sugar
    2 egg replacers, prepared

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9” spring-form pan
Stir together espresso, vanilla, Kahlua and baking soda in a bowl.
Add dates, mashing lightly with a fork.
Cool to room temperature.
Whisk together flour, carob, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Set aside.
Beat together margarine and sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy.
Add egg replacers and stir until combined.
Beat in date mixture (batter will look curdled), then reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.
Pour batter into spring-form pan, smoothing top, and bake 50 minutes to 1 hour.
Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes, remove side of pan and cool cake on rack.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.