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Green Tea Cake

Green tea is one of our favourite ingredients, loaded with antioxidants. We make this cake with organic spelt flour and fructose. It is light and delicately flavoured. Green tea powder is found in oriental grocery stores.

5 eggs, separated
1/2 cup fructose
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup canola oil
1/3 cup coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup flour
2 tsp green tea powder (maccha)
2 tbsp shredded coconut, lightly toasted
1 tsp icing sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or grease a bundt cake pan.

Separate eggs. Beat egg whites until stiff, and set aside.
Add salt and fructose to the yolks and whisk until smooth.
Add coconut milk, oil, and vanilla to the yolks, and mix well.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and green tea powder. Sift dry ingredients into yolk mixture. Stir well.
Fold in the egg whites.
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Lightly toast the coconut in non-stick pan. Nuts toast very quickly once they heat up.
Decorate cake with icing sugar, and a sprinkling of toasted coconut.

This cake is wonderful served with a cup of green tea!