Plum Quinoa Cake

Plum Quinoa Cake

Plum quinoa cake recipe, ideal for a snack or dessert, it is lovely, enjoy !

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (salted, or add salt to dry ingredients), softened

1/2 cup + 2 tbsp sugar

1 cup kefir (or buttermilk)

1/2 cup applesauce

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup quinoa flour (4.35 oz)

1/2 cup millet flour (2.90 oz)

1/4 cup tapioca starch/flour (1.10 oz)

1/4 cup sweet rice flour (1.15 oz)

1 3/4 tsp xanthan gum

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

2 cups plums, pitted and cut into 1 1/2 cm pieces. I needed 8 plums
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1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp butter, melted

Inspired by Quinoa 365. Created by Lauren of Celiac Teen.

Steps
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit and grease an 8 by 8 inch square pan. Also grease either a 4-inch round pan or 2 to 3 cupcake pans (silicone liners work great for this).

Cream together the softened butter and sugar in a large bowl, until light and fluffy. It will take a couple of minutes with your mixer (but you could also do it by hand). Stir in the kefir, applesauce and vanilla. It may appear curdled, but that's okay. Just try to break the butter pieces up a bit. That's how it's supposed to look.

Whisk together quinoa, millet, tapioca, sweet rice, xanthan gum, baking powder and baking soda. Toss plums in flour, making sure to coat.

Dump the flour and plums into the wet ingredients and stir until it all comes together. Make sure it is fully incorporated. Place batter in pans, making sure the batter is all the same height throughout each pan.

In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. Sprinkle this over top of your batter.

Bake small ones for 30 to 35 minutes and the large one for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan, on a rack, completely before serving. Enjoy!

Note: This also works with peaches. Just swap out the 2 cups of plums for 2 cups of peaches, cut into the same size. Yum. By Gluten free girl.