Zucchini Carrot Orange Walnut Syrup Cake
Ingredients
- 150g zucchini, grated
- 150g carrots, grated
- 3 Tbsp grated orange rind
- 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
- 1 1/2 cups coconut sugar
- 2 cups spelt flour
- 1/2 cup wholewheat flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp all spice
- 1/2 cup macadamia or coconut oil
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups full fat coconut yoghurt
Syrup
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 tsp orange zest
- 1/3 cup water
Preparation
Preheat oven to 180C and grease a cake tin.
Combine zucchini, carrots, orange rind, walnuts, sugar, flours, baking soda, baking powder and spice in a large bowl.
Whisk oil, egg and 1 cup yoghurt together in a jug.
Add to zucchini mix and combine well.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre of cake comes out clean.
Syrup
Place maple syrup, orange juice, cinnamon and 1/3 cup of water in a saucepan over high heat. Bring to the boil.
Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat. Stir in orange zest.
Serving
Pour 1/2 the syrup over the cake and allow syrup to completely soak into cake.
Serve warm with remaining yoghurt and drizzle with remaining syrup.