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Sugar-free spice cake

Last weekend we had a dear friend visit who is currently trying to eat as little refined sugar/table sugar as possible. So I tried to bake something suitable to go with it...

The original recipe called for 150 g of raw sugar, but I found sweetener/sprinkling sweetener in the supermarket, a can with 75 g, which according to the label on the package was 5 times sweeter than sugar. I then simply tried it out and mixed a few tablespoons of it with the margarine and the eggs and then tested whether the taste was there. I compensated for the lack of volume in the dough (and a bit of sweetness) with the grated carrots and the chopped dates.

The result is definitely a very tasty, fluffy spice cake!

Ingredients

150 g margarine

2 eggs

3 - 5 Tbsp sprinkled sweetener

150 g flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 pinch of baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1 pinch of cardamom

1 pinch of ground vanilla

1 apple

100 g carrots

8 - 10 dates

1 Tbsp sprinkled sweetener

1 tsp cinnamon

Preparation

In a large bowl, mix the margarine with the sweetener and eggs until fluffy.

Then add flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices and mix everything thoroughly.

Peel the apple and carrots.

Core the apple and cut it into small pieces and also cut the dates into small pieces.

Grate the carrots finely.

Add the apple, carrot and date pieces to the dough and mix.

Then put the dough into a baking pan lined with baking paper and smooth it out.

Mix the sweetener with the cinnamon in a glass and sprinkle over the cake.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for approx. 30 to 40 minutes (test with a toothpick!).

Let the cake cool slightly and then serve.

[Translated from here.]