Fruity Gluten Free Fruit Cake
An easy gluten free cake loaded with healthy fruit. Great to keep in the fridge and heat in the microwave for a delicious sweet snack.
Servings: 10
Equipment
- saucepan
- baking tin
Ingredients
- 2 cups Medjool Dates (8 Dates)
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 1/2 cup Gluten Free Self Raising Flour
- 1 TBS Butter
- 1 medium Banana
- 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
Instructions
- Place dates, salt in a medium saucepan and pour over juice.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer for 2 minutes, squashing the dates a little as it cooks. Remove from heat, add butter, mix it in and leave to cool off a little.
- Preheat oven to 150°C (300F.)
- Line a small baking tin with baking paper and set aside.
- Mash the banana in the date mix, add the self-raising flour and stir well until completely combined.
- Spoon into small cake tin and bake for 30 mins covered with more paper.
- Keep in an airtight container in the fridge.
Notes
Other substitutes/additions to try…
- iced coffee instead of OJ
- black coffee instead of OJ
- ginger ale instead of OJ
- macadamia nuts
- cinnamon or other spices
- any dried fruit just make sure preservative and oil free