Mango & Spice Cake
 
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A delicious cake made from mangos and spices. It is vegan and wholewheat too!
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Recipe type: Cake
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 2 cups (275g) wholewheat pastry flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 4 large mango, divided
  • ¾ cup (165g) + 2 tbsp raw turbinado sugar, divided
  • ½ cup vegetable oil (or any flavourless oil)
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup (60ml) water
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C
  2. In a large bowl, whisk flour, spices, baking soda and salt, set aside
  3. Peel and roughly chop two mangoes, puree until smooth and transfer to a bowl
  4. Add ¾ cup sugar, oil and vinegar to the pureed mangoes
  5. Add the flour mix to the mango mix, and stir until fully combined
  6. Pour mixture into a greased 8x8 inch baking pan
  7. Cook on top shelf for 35-40 minutes until a knife comes out clean and cool on a wire rack
  8. Take the remaining two mangoes, and peel and dice them
  9. Put into a medium saucepan with the remaining 2 tbsp sugar and ¼ cup (60ml) of water
  10. Simmer with the lid on for 30 minutes until the fruit has softened and started to break down
  11. When the cake is cooled, cut into slices and drizzle a little compote over each slice
Recipe by Emma's Little Kitchen at https://www.emmaslittlekitchen.com/mango-spice-cake/