Alex O'Brien
Food & Wine

Lime, coconut and poppy seed cake

Spring is here and the I Quit Sugar team has developed the perfect sugar-free cake that will please the pickiest of eaters. This "Lime, coconut and poppy seed cake with zesty coconut butter" is so moist and light. Perfect with a cup of tea, which is how we tend to enjoy it.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: Three to three-and-a-half hours

Serves: 10

Cake ingredients

Zesty coconut butter ingredients

Method for cake:

  1. Grease and line the slow cooker insert with baking paper so that it reaches half way up
the edges of the interior.
  2. In a medium bowl combine almond meal, flour, baking powder and salt Set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl add butter and rice malt syrup. Beat using an electric beater until smooth and combined. Beat in eggs one at a time until creamy. Add lime juice and zest and beat on low until smooth. Add the flour mixture and continue to beat until smooth. Fold through poppy seeds.
  4. Pour cake batter into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 3 – 3 ½ hours on high for 1 ½ - 2 hours until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. The edges of the cake should be browned and starting to pull away from the sides.
  5. Allow cake to cool for 20 minutes in the slow cooker, and then lift out by pulling on the baking paper.
  6. Cut cake into slices and serve warm with Zesty Coconut Butter, if you like.

Method for zesty coconut butter:

  1. Blend coconut until it forms a spreadable mixture. This can take up to 10 minutes depending on your blender.
  2. Stir through the juice of half a lime. Add some zest if you like it extra citrusy.

This recipe is originally from Sarah Wilson's, I Quit Sugar Slow Cooker Cookbook, which can be purchased online at IQuitSugar.com. 

Sarah Wilson is a New York Times best-selling author and blogger whose journalism career has spanned 20 years, across television, radio, magazines, newspapers and online. Her books include the best-sellers I Quit Sugar and I Quit Sugar For Life. The popular foodie has also authored the best-selling series of cookbooks from IQuitSugar.com. Her 8-Week Program has seen more than 495,000 people quit sugar worldwide.

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