Orange dream cake

Serves: 10
Time to make: 45 mins
( Hands-on time: 10 mins )

Total cost: $ 6.80 / $ 0.68 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients
Nutrition Info.(per serve)

6 eggs
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 4 oranges, including pulp)
1 cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon baking powder
dollop low-fat plain yoghurt, to serve

Nutrition Info

Kilojoules 660kJ
Calories 157cal
Protein 8g
Total fat 4g
Saturated fat 2g
Carbohydrates 25g
Sugars 17g
Dietary fibre 2g
Sodium 130mg
Calcium 80mg
Iron 1mg

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Mix eggs and sugar in a food processor. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Grease a coffee cake tin (a round cake tin with a hole in the middle). Pour in the cake mixture and bake for 35 minutes. Test with a skewer. If not done yet (if skewer comes out with bits of cake batter stuck to it), reduce heat to 150°C and bake for another 10 minutes, then test again.
Remove cake from oven and cool. Serve with a dollop of low-fat plain yoghurt.

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Variations

If your regular diet is low in refined sugar, you can omit the castor sugar from this recipe. The result will still taste sweet to you because of the orange juice and coconut flour.

Make it gluten free: Check baking powder is gluten free.

Author:Yvonne Walus

First published: Mar 2017