1/17/2017

Chia Lemon Cake

Chia seeds are my latest discoveries. The small seeds look like tiny pebbles and they have great nutritional values. The superfood contains antioxidants, calcium, potassium, iron, omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids and withal they are very versatile!
Today I want to share my Chia Lemon Cake recipe with you. Very delicous and even healthy :-). If you don't want to use any sugar you can bake the cake with any alternative you like. You can use xylit, agave sirup or stevia .

Makes a 7 inch (18cm) cake springform pan.

For the dough:
1 3/4 cup (200 g) spelt flour
7/8 cup (100g) raw cane sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3 tsp. vanilla sugar
1 pinch of salt
1 tbsp. soy flour or arrowroot flour
2 tbsp. chia seeds
1 pinch of curcuma
juice and skin of one lemon
1/4 cup (50 g) margarine or vegan butter, melted
1/8 cup (30 ml) oil 
3/4 cup (180 ml) water

In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, backing powder, vanilla sugar, salt, chia seeds, curcuma and lemon abraison. Grease cake springform pan with margarine and fill in the dough. Bake at 338°F (170°C) for about 40 minutes. Let the cake cool off in the pan and sprinkle it with powdered sugar. Enjoy your meal.

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