Gluten Free Carob Arrowroot cake
As arrowroot grows incredibly quickly and easily here at Maungaraeeda’s Permaculture garden, we plant a lot of it. It is wonderful supplemental cattle feed and the roots make a fantastic bread or cake. I came up with this recipe the other day for a Carob Arrowroot cake.
In a heavy duty blender put the following:
1/2 – 3/4 blender full of peeled and washed fresh arrowroot chunks
8 eggs
1 Tbs baking powder
2/3 cup rapadura sugar
2 1/2 handfuls of dried pitted dates
1 1/2 Tbs Carob powder
A dash of vanilla extract or 1 tsp vanilla powder
Blend this on pulse until smooth. Pour the batter into a large greased cake tin. Sprinkle with dessicated coconut and bake at 160C for 20 Minutes to 1/2 hour, until the cake springs back in the centre when gently pushed down. Serve with fresh cream and strawberries, or just on its own! Bonus is that this cake is Gluten Free as well!
©2013 Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast – Fresh arrowroot bulbs harvested from our Permaculture garden make a gluten free arrowroot cake.
Author: Zaia Kendall
Zaia grew up in a family of musicians in Holland, and has a background in top sport (snow skiing) and web development and design. She co-founded the PRI Luganville and PRI Sunshine Coast Inc (now PermEco Inc.) with Tom, and runs the “invisible structures”, like finances, business administration, website design and maintenance, writes articles and records and edits videos. She assists Tom in running the Kendall Permaculture Farm and supervising other volunteers. She is an active member of several musical projects and bands, involved in community music and runs percussion and marimba workshops, is the percussion leader for the Woodford Folk Festival People’s Orchestra and composes as well as plays music. She is passionate about community music and loves seeing people discover that they can play!
Just planted arrowroot! Can’t wait to get the missus onto this recipe!
Thanks Zaia. I’ve been meaning to ask for the recipe as it’s delicious! Having enjoyed it at morning tea there during my PDC .
Lucky you Maria, now I’m jealous!