We were invited to freind's for Sunday lunch and volunteered to bring dessert, as any good guest should... So I opted to make a simple tray cake, eaten hot it makes a delicious pudding when served with either custard or ice cream, cold it becomes a lovely cake slice. We have an abundance of raspberries in our garden and this is an excellent way to use them up - especially the ones that have gone a little squishy.
This is another fat free recipe and this one is also sugar free as I have sustituted sugar with xylitol which is a great sugar replacement, less of it turns to fat in your body, and it has fantastic health benefits including helping to boost the immune system and being great fro healthy teeth!
Chocolate and Raspberry Slice
Ingredients:
2 eggs (as always I'd say for baking duck eggs work best!!)
150g Xylitol
150g peeled and finely grated courgette
120g rice flour
2tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
60g good quality cocoa powder (or for a stronger dark chocolate taste try 60g grated 100% cacao - try Willies Cacao its amazing)
1 preheat oven to 180c/350f/gm4, grease 20cm x 20cm (or equivalent) brownie tin.
2 beat eggs and sugar until light and pale (about 5 mins), add grated courgette and beat. Add flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
3 Pour into tin and scatter raspberries on top
4 Cook for 30 minutes, cool - you can sprinkle with either cocoa powder or icing sugar but I prefer it as is.
This makes a really juicy cake that holds its body and retains its moisture. Try it its delicous - and again as its made with rice flour its another gluten free recipe.
N.B. A few people have asked - where do you get Xylitol?
ReplyDeleteYou can get it in waitrose or often for cheaper in a health food store.
Willies Cacao is again available in waitrose and in many farm shops - for those in the M'boro area Cobbs Farm Shop on the A4 sell it cheaper than Waitrose and do a yummy coffee and cake too :)