Health Cake

Submitted by Geema

"Go ahead and eat cake; this one's good for you! I like it with some extra fruit on top, others insist on ice cream or whipped cream. Suit yourself."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 2 cakes

ingredients

• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 1 cup dates or 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup coconut
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 3 cups crushed fruit, pulp and juice (you can use bananas, strawberries, peaches, mangoes, pineapple, applesauce etc.)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 - 2 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix all ingredients to gether to form soft slightly crumbly dough.
3. Press or spread into 2 round, greased cake pans.
4. Bake in 350 oven for 40-50 minutes until sides and bottom are golden brown.
5. Take a peek.
6. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes.
7. Turn out onto plate or board for further cooling.
8. This cake freezes very well, so eat one and freeze one.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

I made this this afternoon as I honestly fell for the name of this recipe:) I used a combo if 1 3/4 cups Homemade Applesauce and 3 medium bananas(mashed) alongwith 2 cups whole wheat flour, 2 cups Quick cooking oats, 1 cup chopped walnuts and the remaining ingredients. I didn't see that these measurements were for 2 cakes and while mixing the batter, I realised that there was so much in the dish. This cake took exactly 1 hour to bake in my AMC Dutch Oven and has come out very yummy! I have a tin of mango pulp lying in my refrigerator for quite a few months but I was not able to find any recipe for it. I'm now just thinking I might make this cake to use that up. If I do, I'll come back and update this review. Till then, this one's a good cake and another thing I really liked is that its eggless. Good for my vegetarian guests. Another plus point I found is that even though this cake does not call for baking powder/soda, it rose "BEAUTIFULLY"! I'm impressed with this recipe and I'll save it right now in my cookbook for the future! Thank You for sharing this.

 

[mandagirl]

This makes a very nice breakfast cake. I used strawberries, canned pineapple and applesauce for the fruit. Dried cranberries and chopped pecans. I served it with a "sauce" of chopped strawberries and pinneapple tidbits. Some of us had whipped cream on top and some did not. Very, very nice.

 

[Relax Mom]

Fabulous, being on a tight budget due to my sons meds every month, I used caned pineapple. I also used coconut flour I had on hand. The cake is a crumbly dough, just follow the cooking directions and indeed you'll have a wonderful cake, yummy. There's always a way to try and eat healthy, thank you for posting!!!:) Blessings, MS

 

[Girl from India]

This was amazing. I was not sure what to expect but the intrigue factor and Char's review spurred me on. Am glad I tried this. Made this for evening tea with whatever I had at home bananas(mashed), dried dates, figs and walnuts and peanuts (I ran out of nuts ;)) Used quick cooking oats(I always use them for the rolled oats - are they different? ) and 2 cups of wheat flour. It did not rise for me unfortunately but it looked lovely and tasted lovelier. I did not top it with anything and we all enjoyed it. Did not miss the sweetness at all. Thank you for this recipe. I will store it for all posterity. :) Fay