Easy Spelt Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle
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Easy Spelt Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle
Description
Easy Spelt Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle highlights ripe avocados mashed into a batter with brown sugar, butter, and beaten egg, creating a moist and tender texture. Wholemeal spelt flour contributes a nutty flavor and denser crumb, while minced crystallised ginger adds a warm, spicy note. The cake is baked in a loaf tin until it springs back to the touch, indicating it’s cooked through but still soft inside.
Once cooled, the cake is topped with a lemon-based glaze formed by mixing icing sugar with lemon juice to create a glossy drizzle that adds brightness and a light citrus balance to the richness of the avocado. Decorating with optional lemon jelly slices introduces extra zest and visual appeal.
This loaf offers a unique combination of textures and flavors that pairs well with tea or coffee. Its moistness and spicy kick make it appropriate for casual gatherings or as a daily treat.
Ingredients
- 3 avocado 400 g unpeeled weight, small, very ripe
- 75 g soft butter or buttery spread
- 200 g brown sugar soft
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 30 g crystallised ginger minced in a herb chopper or very finely chopped
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 170 g wholemeal spelt flour
For drizzle
- 175 g icing sugar
- 1 lemon juiced
Decoration
- lemon jelly optional, slices
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/Gas 4.
- Grease a 11 x 21 cm loaf tin (1.3 L capacity).
- Mash the avocados (a blender works well).
- Place mashed avocado into a mixing bowl and beat in the butter, sugar, egg, crystallised ginger and vanilla extract. (I used an electric whisk).
- Add the bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix in the flour last.
- Pour into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 55 minutes to 60 minutes until springs back to the touch.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for a couple of minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
- Prepare drizzle by adding stirring enough lemon juice into the icing sugar to form a thick glossy icing.
- Pour drizzle over the cooled cake and decorate with lemon jelly slices if using.
- Allow icing to set, slice and serve.
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