Strawberry & Lemon Loaf Cake with no sugar & no white flour

What more can we ask for than a healthy snack or goodie during this holiday season. Kids feel more hungrier during holidays and they keeps on demanding snacks or goodies every now and then. Atleast my kids do. And we mums are worried about the whites in the ingredients in all those bakes. This post offers you one such recipe which you can serve your kid with no such worries. Neither sugar nor white flour is used here. The one thing you should take care is that to choose sweet berries, atleast no-sour ones. You can use any berries,peaches,nectarines etc. for this cake. Agave syrup is in the original recipe, but I used maple syrup as I didnt have the former. I think, you can use honey either. 

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour 1 1/2 cups

Salt 1/2 tsp

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Baking soda 1/2 tsp

Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Butter 75g
Agave syrup/Maple syrup 2/3 cup
Lemon Zest,finely grated 1 tbsp
Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
Egg 1
Buttermilk 3/4 cup
Strawberries 1-1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries,sweet
Sugar 1tbsp

Method:

Preheat oven to 200C. Grease a  loaf tin.

Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix butter and agave/maple with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add lemon zest, vanilla extract and egg and mix until well combined. Now stir in the buttermilk. Add the flour mixture in several batches and stir until just combined. 

Pour the batter into the cake tin, leveling the top. Scatter the strawberries evenly over the top and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for about 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean of the center of the cake. Let cool in the tin for 10 minutes, before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.

Linkin this to Kids Delight originally hosted by Srivalli