Paleo Blueberry & Coconut Cake

Here's another one I made up as I went along...

- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 banana mashed
- 2 eggs
- 150g almond flour (it was roughly 3 cups)
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 tbsp natural honey
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1.5 cups frozen or fresh blueberries
- 1 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened) plus extra for sprinkling on top.
- 1 heaped tbsp ground flaxseed


*Pre heat oven to 175'c.
*Melt coconut oil in a saucepan. Take off the heat and add the banana, vanilla, coconut milk and honey, and stir in the eggs one by one (to make sure they dont cook).
*Add the almonds, spices and baking powder and mix well.
*Add the desiccated coconut and flaxseed and mix well again.
*Add your blueberries and mix well, I'd the mixture seems too runny add more coconut, if it seems too thick add a little more coconut milk. The mixture should resemble a slightly thick sponge mixture.
*Pour into a 23cm, paper lined springform or loose based round cake pan.
*Sprinkle extra desiccated over the top and then bake for 30mins.
*Leave to cool slightly before moving onto a cooling rack.

Paleo Banana, Pear & Flax Muffins

- 1 Banana mashed
- 1 large or 2 small pears, cored and cut into small chunks.
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 - 1 cup milled flaxseed (the measurement will differ by how runny your mixture is, flax is good to thicken it so judge as you add)
- 1 heaped cup of almond flour (ground almonds)
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder
- 1 heaped tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp unbleached wholenut peanut butter (smooth or crunchy, your choice but I used crunchy)

*Pre heat oven to 180'c
*Add egg white to banana and mix well.
*Add pear and 1/2 cup of flax and mix.
*Add almond flour, baking powder, cinnamon and mix well.
*Mixture should be mixed evenly and the texture of normal muffin batter, add more flaxseed to thicken up if needed.
*Use ice cream scoop to get an even measure for your muffins, I used large muffin cases and used 2 scoops for each.
*Bake for 25mins or until browned nicely on top.
*TRY to allow them cooling time. They firm up, but stay amazingly moist in the centre... Even when cooled!

Enjoy!