FLOURLESS CARROT CAKE

Serves: 12

Time to make: 30mins (Hands-on time: 15, cooking time: 20)

Ingredients

Cake:

• Carrot( peeled and diced): 1 medium
• Egg: 1
• Honey: 11/2 Tbsp
• vanilla essence: ½ tsp
• ground almonds: ½ cup
• ground ginger: ¼ tsp
• baking soda: ½ tsp
• olive oil: 2 Tbsp

Topping:

• 1 cup unsweetened low fat yoghurt
• 1 cup fresh fruit

Method:

Cake

1. Heat oven to 160°C
2. Boil the carrots until soft
3. Drain and puree, either with a stick blender, mouli or mash with a fork
4. With a whisk beat the eggs, honey and vanilla until it turns into a thick foam
5. Sift the dry ingredients
6. Gently fold in the dry ingredients, olive oil and pureed carrots into the egg mixture
7. Pour batter into a lined slice tin approximately 20cm x 25cm
8. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top and set

Topping

1. Line a sieve with clean paper towels
2. Place yoghurt in the sieve and place over a bowl
3. Cover yoghurt and refrigerate overnight (or longer depending on how thick you like it)
4. Trim the fruit and slice thinly
5. Place a dollop of the strained yoghurt on each slice and top with sliced fruit

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