This is another version of grain-free, dairy-free Paleo cake. I tend to use a lot of exotic spices in my recipes, and cardamom is one of my favorite ones. I feel like it made plain old orange flavor more complex and interesting. if you really love cardamom try adding a teaspoon to the cake mixture too.
I really like this cake for breakfast or a quick snack, it makes a decent dessert too!
Orange Walnut Cake with Cardamom Cream
Author: Vivica Menegaz
A deliciously spiced paleo cake perfect for dessert or breakfast! In this recipe the carbs are pretty high, but a good dose of healthy fat balances it nicely!
Ingredients
- ½ cup almond meal
- 2 cups coconut flour
- 1 cup grated yams
- 1 cup crushed walnuts
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ⅔ cup coconut oil, liquid
- 3 large eggs (preferably duck)
- ½ cup canned coconut cream (I use this one!)
- Cardamom Cream:
- 1 cup canned coconut cream
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground cardamom seeds
- ½ tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grate Yams in a food processor, then transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- Add coconut and almond flour, walnuts, baking soda and zest to the bowl, stir well.
- Add coconut oil and cream to the mix.
- On the side whisk eggs lightly in another bowl, then add to cake mixture.
- (You can also put eggs, coconut oil and coconut cream in the blender and mix until frothy, then add to the dry ingredients)
- Mix ingredients thoroughly until well combined.
- Prepare a 9" baking pan by coating the interior lightly with coconut oil.
- Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of the pan and place it on top of the coconut oil.
- Now pour the cake mixture into the pan and bake for 35/ 40 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick will come out dry.
- Let cake cool down for 10 minutes on a rack.
- In the meantime whisk together the coconut cream, orange zest and cardamom.
- When the cake is ready to serve, spread the cream to your taste on individual slices.
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This looks so good! and I can not wait to try this!.
Thank you Kelly!!!
This ended up way too dry and crumbly. Useless. In our opinion way too much coconut flour. Very disappointed.
Hello there, coconut flour can be VERY absorbant, especially depending on which brand you use. You might have to adjust the amount of liquid you use depending on the flour. A good rule of thumb is to make sure your batter is not too dry.