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Recipes from
Taste Life! Organic Recipes
Reprinted from Taste Life! Organic Recipes (2002) by permission of Vital Health Publishing, Ridgefield CT.
Banana Cranberry Cake
This cake is a wonderful treat for dessert, breakfast or tea time. |
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Vegan, corn-free
Serves 6-8
3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup walnuts
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
1 cup orange juice, (fresh squeezed, if possible)
2 bananas
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup canola oil + 1 tablespoon for the oiling cake pan
1/2 cup maple syrup
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1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Without sifting, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, zest, walnuts, raisins, and cranberries in a large mixing bowl.
3. Puree bananas in a blender with orange juice, vanilla, oil and maple syrup.
4. Stir into mixing bowl. Oil cake pan with one tablespoon of oil. Pour batter into the cake pan.
5. Bake for an hour.
6. Stick a toothpick in the cake to check for doneness. If
it is still wet, turn off the oven and let it cake sit in the oven for
about 10 minutes. Since there are so many cranberries, the cake may
need just a little extra time to sit to dry out a little.
7. Cool before serving.
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