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Dinaledi tsa mabele (sorghum cake with raisins)

A simple cake made with sorghum flour, dotted with raisins that become tender in the oven. Its texture is dense and slightly grainy, very pleasant with tea.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Nutrition facts

460 kcal per serving

Protein
11.5 g
Carbohydrates
70.2 g
of which sugars
30.6 g
Fat
13.8 g
Fiber
2.9 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C and butter a loaf tin.
  2. Mix both flours, the baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl.
  3. In another bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until the mixture turns pale.
  4. Add the melted butter then the milk, alternating with the dry ingredients, without overmixing.
  5. Fold the raisins into the batter with a spatula.
  6. Pour into the tin and bake for 35 minutes, until a knife inserted comes out dry.

Variations and tips

Version without raisins. Remove the raisins and add a grated apple for a moister cake.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.