It’s summer and my garden is producing lots of zucchini, squash and carrots . . . time to stir all that goodness into a moist and delicious cake our families will love! Sugar free, naturally.
Garden Cake
- 2 cups whole wheat flour, freshly ground
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup oil (olive or coconut) or softened butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3/4 cup honey
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups total: grated carrots, yellow squash, zucchini
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup walnut halves and piece (I like to leave them big)
In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients. Make a hole in the center and add the wet ingredients, mixing well. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour into a 9 x 13″ baking dish and bake for 40 minutes at 350°.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 12 ounce tub of plain unsweetened “whipped” cream cheese
- 6 drops liquid stevia or 1/4 cup honey, adding more to desired sweetness
- 3 tablespoons softened butter
Open lid on whipped cream cheese and add sweetener and butter. Stir to mix in completely. Taste and adjust sweetening as desired. Spread on cooled cake, garnish with chopped walnuts. Store in fridge.
Wholesome and sweet!
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That sounds really yummy.
Gluten free? You can eat this cake too! Just replace the flour with this flour:
Use 1 part of each:
barley
brown rice
spelt
Put these in the grain mill, grinding it into flour. Use it to replace the flour in recipes. Store in freezer. (Thanks to Chef Brad for this flour replacement recipe.)
If you need a place to buy these whole grains, I sell them in my store: http://www.LovetoLearn.net. Just type in the grain names in the search box.
Let me know how you like it!
This sounds wonderful! I love sneaking vegetables in everything. However, spelt is an ancient wheat and is not gluten-free. It is tolerated by a lot of people who can't eat reg. wheat (like me). We'll use all fresh ground spelt in place of reg. wheat. Thanks for the recipe!
I would love to grind my own flour but no access to the fresh grains. I can get wheat berries on occasion. Where can I find a good source for FRESH grains to grind???
My store, of course! See all the grains here:
http://www.lovetolearn.net/catalog/index.lasso?page=hits&q=grain
I carry fresh, non-GMO, organically grown grains of all types and package sizes. I think you'll find everything you need.
Thanks for reminding me to make my favorite cake!
; 0 ) Diane