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Gingerbread Cake

Yields10 ServingsPrep Time15 minsCook Time35 minsTotal Time50 mins

Gingerbread has been a popular Christmas tradition for many years. This Gingerbread Cake contains a lovely combination of delicious spices and topped with coconut icing, the perfect mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack with a cup of tea of coffee.

Ingredients
Cake
 1/3 cup butter melted and cooled (use some to grease the loaf tin)
 1/4 cup coconut yoghurt
 1/4 cup molasses
 1/3 cup Changing Habits Rapadura Sugar
 1 egg
 1 cup almond milk
 2 cups Changing Habits Emmer Wheat Flour
 1 tsp baking soda
 1.5 tsp Changing Habits Cinnamon
 2 tsp Changing Habits Ginger Powder
 1.5 tsp Changing Habits Nutmeg
Coconut icing
 400 ml tin coconut cream (use the cream and not the liquid)
 1 tbsp Changing Habits Rapadura Sugar
 1 tsp Changing Habits Cinnamon
Optional garnish
 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans.
Directions
Cake
1

Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.

2

Grease the loaf tin with some of the melted butter.

3

Combine the butter, coconut yoghurt, molasses, rapadura sugar, egg and almond milk in a bowl. Whisk until light and fluffy.

4

Sift in the Emmer Wheat flour while stirring.

5

Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

6

Transfer the mixture to the loaf tin.

7

Bake for 30 minutes or until tested with a skewer and it comes out clean. Set aside to cool.

Coconut Icing
8

While the cake is in the oven, place the icing ingredients in a food processor or Thermomix and blitz well.

9

Transfer the icing mixture into a bowl and place in the fridge for 60 + minutes stirring occasionally.

10

Ice the cake when the icing has thickened, and the cake has cooled.

11

Top with walnuts or pecans.

Nutrition Facts

10 servings

Serving size

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