Saturday, 28 March 2026

CHIA SEED AND FRUIT CAKE SLICE.

Ingredients........10 gm of chia seeds, 150 gm of coconut flour, 50 gm of almond meal, 30 gm of tigernut flour, 50 gm of granulated nuts, 2 tbs of currants, 1 dsp of baking powder, 1/4 tsp of bi carb of soda, 1 dsp of ground cinnamon, 200 ml of milk, 50 ml of coconut oil, 60 ml of honey, 2 mashed bananas. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Lightly grease a 23 cm square pan with cooking oil spray and a light dusting of fine polenta. Mix the 10 gm of chia seeds with 50 ml of water in a small bowl and set aside. Allow 30 minutes for the chia and water to form a gel. In a large bowl mix together the coconut flour, almond meal, tigernut flour, granulated nuts, the currants, baking powder, bi carb of soda and the cinnamon. Pour the milk onto the dry ingredients along with the coconut oil, chia gel and honey. Mix with a wooden spoon or the dough hook on your electric mixer. Finally add 2 mashed bananas and mix through to incorporate. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven, but let cool in the pan before turning out and slice into squares.

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