Spelt and Strawberry Cake

Name: Spelt and Strawberry Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Spelt flour einkorn 1 ¾ cup; Vegetable oil 5 tbsp; Eggs (about 1 at room temperature) 1.9 oz; Brown sugar 0.67 cup; Almond milk 0.42 cup; Powdered yeast for sweets 2 tsp; Chopped hazelnuts 3 tbsp; Fine salt 1 pinch; Strawberries 2 cups; Brown sugar 2 ½ tbsp; Powdered sugar to taste

Lactose Free
Vegetarian

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Serving: 6 persone
Cost: Low

PRESENTATION

How many strawberry cakes have we made? From the simplest, like the soft one to the richer ones like the mascarpone-filled one. But we had never baked a cake like this until today! The spelt and strawberry cake is a lactose-free dessert with a rustic flavor, perfect for breakfast or a snack! A healthy and nutritious alternative with brown sugar, almond milk, hazelnut pieces, and a really special flour. Rich in many properties, spelt flour is perfect for making desserts: with the addition of very few fats, you will be able to achieve an equally soft result! This cake is also very beautiful to look at; the strawberries will be the perfect decoration, giving sweetness and color to your dessert!

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for a 22 cm mold: Spelt flour 1 ¾ cup (200 g) - einkorn; Vegetable oil 5 tbsp (70 g); Eggs 1.9 oz (55 g) - (about 1 at room temperature); Brown sugar 0.67 cup (150 g); Almond milk 0.42 cup (100 g); Powdered yeast for sweets 2 tsp (8 g); Chopped hazelnuts 3 tbsp (30 g); Fine salt 1 pinch; Strawberries 2 cups (300 g)

for decoration: Brown sugar 2 ½ tbsp (30 g); Powdered sugar to taste

Preparation

How to prepare Spelt and Strawberry Cake

To prepare the spelt and strawberry cake, pour the sugar and the egg into a bowl 1. Mix with a hand whisk until you get a creamy mixture 2. While continuing to mix, add the oil in a thin stream 3.

When well incorporated, add the almond milk 4, continuing to mix 5. In another bowl, pour the spelt flour and add the baking powder 6.

Add the dry ingredients to the mixture just prepared 7 and mix again with the whisk 8 until you get a smooth and homogeneous mixture. Add the hazelnut pieces 9,

a pinch of salt 10 and mix well again with the whisk 11. Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan, then pour the batter inside 12.

Clean the strawberries well, remove the leafy part, and cut into slices about 1/4 inch thick 14. Decorate the cake surface by arranging the strawberries in a wheel pattern 15

and sprinkle the surface with brown sugar 16. The cake is ready to be baked 17! Bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F in the middle rack for about 1 hour. Then take it out and let it cool 18.