Apple, Date and Walnut Cake
This is an old favourite! I've made some adjustments recently, hence the repost - it's always a winner! And, it really is made of the best ingredients so you can have a slice with a cup of tea and not feel guilty. It is however the kind of food that you should eat to help fuel workouts - not to sit around and eat whilst doing nothing! So eat this immediately post a workout or as precursor to an active day. Either way - it'll go down very very nicely I promise! Have to admit we all had a piece for breakfast! Best breaky ever!
Ingredients
100g spelt or wholewheat flour
100g ground almonds
2 medium sized apples grated
120g Walnut halves roughly chopped
120g Dates chopped
11/2 teasp baking powder
11/2 teasp cinnamon
1 teasp grated nutmeg
pinch of salt
2 eggs
75g coconut oil
Optional tablespoon maple syrup
Method
Pre heat oven to 180 degrees centigrade or gas mark 4. Put the flour, ground almonds, apples, dates, walnuts, baking powder, cinnamon , nutmeg, salt into a bowl. Gently melt the coconut oil (don't let it get too hot) and add the maple syrup to the oil if you are using it - I put it as optional as I really find you don't need it but it does add another layer of scrumminess and, if your going for a big workout, why not!? Break the eggs into the dry ingredients and mix in. Then add the oil which should bring it to a nice dropping consistency. The amount of juice in your apples though could vary so if its a little stiff add a few drops of milk - dairy or coconut/almond is fine. Grease and flour a loaf tin and spoon in the cake mixture. Bake for 45 minutes and check its cooked with a skewer which should come out clean, if not continue to bake for a further 5 - 10 minutes until cooked through.
This is an old pic of my little one when I first baked this many moons ago but couldn't resist leaving it in!