CASSAVA CAKE Recipe

International Chef, Robert Oliver and Dr Jone Hawea prepare a great Gluten free, sugar free, egg free healthy cassava cake. Here is a recipe for your Christmas.

Cassava Cake (Christmas Cake) Recipe:

Butter/Flour/Egg/Sugar FREE

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ Cups FRIEND cassava meal OR 3 cups fresh grated cassava (peeled)
• 2/3 Cup satwa flour (optional)
• 1 ½ Cups grated coconut
• 1 ½ Cups fresh squeezed lolo
• 1 Large ripe vudi – mashed well
• 1 Ripe mango – mashed well (or pawpaw)
• 1 Ripe banana – mashed well
• 2 Cups fresh diced pineapple, softened in hot water + drained
• 2 Cups dry pawpaw pieces, softened in hot water and drained
• 2 Cups dry banana pieces, softened in hot water and drained
• A little virgin coconut oil
• 220g of FRIEND Fiji honey

STEP 1:

Mix dry ingredients

Casava + Satwa + grated coconut

STEP 2:

Prepare and slice ripe mango, banana and pawpaw – mash together with a fork.

Boil and drain the dry pawpaw, banana and pineapple – (keep the water to use later)

STEP 3:

Add mashed fruit and boiled fruit to dry ingredients and MIX.

Add a bit of left over water from soaked fruit.

Add lolo.

Combine

STEP 4:

Grease a dish with coconut oil and put mix in.

Cook in the oven at 180degrees for 40min. 

STEP 5: Fruit glaze

Add honey and softened dried fruit to a pan. Reduce and simmer for 7minutes.

Add mixture on top of cake

STEP 6: EAT