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🍰 Moist Spelt Pound Cake

279 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 150 g Medjool dates (15 Medjool dates; pitted)
• 200 g butter (room temperature) or rapeseed oil
• 1 tsp butter (for the pan)
• 4 eggs
• 200 g applesauce (no sugar)
• 500 g spelt flour Type 1050
• 1 packet baking powder
• salt
• 250 ml milk (3.5% fat)

Instructions

1. 1. Cover the dates with water and let them soak for 12 hours (preferably overnight).
2. 2. The next day, drain the soaking water.
3. 3. Puree the dates until smooth.
4. 4. Beat the butter until fluffy.
5. 5. Add the eggs one by one and continue mixing until incorporated.
6. 6. Mix the date puree with the apple sauce.
7. 7. Stir the date-apple mixture into the butter mixture.
8. 8. Combine the flour with the baking powder and a pinch of salt.
9. 9. Stir the flour mixture in batches with the milk into the batter until a smooth dough forms.
10. 10. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and smooth the top.
11. 11. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (convection 160 °C or gas mark 2–3).
12. 12. Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes.
13. 13. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
14. 14. Turn the cake out onto a wire rack and let it cool completely.
15. 15. Decorate the cake as desired with melted dark chocolate and chopped pistachios.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 279
• Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 32 g