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Cherry Berry Crumble Cake

A festive cake for the Summer
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

For the Cake layer

  • 2 medium Eggs, organic and free range if possible
  • cup Coconut sugar or brown sugar
  • ½ tsp Vanilla extract or powder
  • ½ medium zest of a lemon
  • cup coconut oil (melted)
  • cups Almond meal
  • ½ tsp baking powder

For the fruit layer

  • ½ cup Cherries, de-pitted and roughly chopped
  • 1 cup Strawberries, de-stemmed and sliced
  • 1 tbsp Arrowroot powder
  • 1 tbsp Rice syrup or honey

For the crumble top layer

  • 1 cup Rolled oats (gluten free if possible)
  • 1 tbsp Almond meal
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ cup Coconut oil, melted

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees c
    Grease and line a round springform cake tin, use coconut oil to grease

For the cake layer

  • In a small saucepan melt the coconut oil on a medium to low heat, set aside.
  • In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add in the lemon zest, melted coconut oil, almond meal and baking powder.
    Mix well to combine.
  • Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake tin, smooth and flatten out the mixture and set aside.
    **Note; Don't worry that the cake mix doesn't look like very much, it is just the bottom layer of the whole cake.

For the Cherry berry layer

  • Add the de-pitted cherries and de-stemmed and sliced strawberries to a bowl, add rice syrup and arrowroot powder, mix to coat the fruit.
  • Pour the fruit mix onto the cake batter in the tin and spread out evenly.

For the Crumble Top layer

  • Add the oats, almond meal, salt, cinnamon and sugar to a medium bowl, mix well to combine
  • Add the melted coconut oil and mix until well coated.
  • Pour the crumble mix onto the fruit layer, spread out evenly until the fruit layer is covered.
  • Place into the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes, until the top is golden and a skewer comes out clean.
  • Serve with coconut ice cream or yoghurt and a cup of tea!