Spartan War Cake
Spartan War Cake
90 minutes, 9 servings, 147 calories per serving, gluten-free, vegan.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cooked and well drained orange splited lentils
- 1 ¾ cup coconut milk beverage or from a cane (all natural and pure)
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup coconut palm sugar
- ¼ cup chopped dates or date paste
- 1 cup lentil flour or other gluten free flour
- 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ cup cooked and well drained orange splited lentils
- 1 ¾ cup coconut milk beverage or from a cane (all natural and pure)
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup coconut palm sugar
- ¼ cup chopped dates or date paste
- 1 cup lentil flour or other gluten free flour
- 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
Icing sauce:
- ½ cup cooked orange splinted lentils
- 1½ cups organic coconut milk from a cane, light or regular version
- ½ cup coconut palm sugar
- 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato
Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F.
- In a large bowl, soak the flax, lentils, and coconut milk from the cake ingredients.
- In the meantime, heat up a sauce pan and cook the dates and ½ cup of water for 2-3 minutes, while stirring frequently. Remove from the heat.
- Add the cooked dates into the bowl with the flax and coconut milk. Add all the other ingredients except for the flour. Stir well.
- Then, add the flour and stir again.
- Grease a rectangular glass pan of about 7×11 inches and pour the cake mixture into it and set aside.
- Place all the ingredients from the icing sauce into a blender and blend it until everything is smooth.
- Pour that sauce on top of the cake and bake for 60 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool down for 1-2 hours before cutting it.
- Keep in the refrigerator for a longer shelf life.