Gluten, dairy and eggfree orange honey cake bites with marmalade

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This glutenfree, fatfree, eggfree and dairyfree cake is full of natural goodness. The subtle flavors of orange, vanilla and cardamom are in perfect harmony with the robust base made from millet flour and banana. The addition of fresh orange zest gives this cake a citrusy brightness. The infusion of an orange honey mix, right out of the oven, ensures every bite is bursting with flavor. By not heating the honey, you preserve all its natural goodness. Topped with a tangy orange marmalade made with coconut flower sugar, this cake is a celebration of nature’s best ingredients. Perfect for anyone looking for a healthy, Medical Medium alternative to traditional desserts.

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Raw honey

Be sure to use raw honey that is completely natural has no added sugar. Preferable from a local beekeeper. Honey is made by bees: they collect nectar from flowers. In the hive they add enzymes to the nectar and evaporate the water content by flapping their wings. This process turns the nectar into honey. So honey contains healthy enzymes from the bees. Those enzymes will be destroyed if honey is heated over 100 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).

Millet

Millet is a type of grass that grows in large panicles on which small round grains grow (the seeds). You can cook the grains to make porridge or you can grind them into flour. The taste is sweet and slightly nutty.

Ingredients

Millet – you can use flour or grind whole grains yourself. I use an electric coffeegrinder for this.
Oranges – you will need four to six oranges: two whole oranges, zest from one orange and juice from 2 to 4 oranges.
Bananas – you will need one cup meshed which is about two medium sized bananas.
Honey – use raw honey and don’t heat it.
Coconut flower sugar – for the batter and more for the marmelade. This will give the marmelade its dark colour and a caramel-like taste.
Maple syrup – to thin the batter a bit.
Vanilla – I use powder but you can use extract or a pod. Be sure it’s real Bourbon vanilla and not sugar or aroma.
Cardamom – optional: it has a distinct taste not everyone likes.

FAQ’s

Are these cake bites Medical Medium?

Yes, they are gluten, fat, dairy and eggfree so they are perfect for Medical Medium. Oranges, bananas honey are healing foods. Millet is a filler food and the top favourite grain.

Are these cake bites vegan?

No, honey is made by bees so it’s not vegan.

Are these cake bites paleo?

No, millet is a pseudograin and grains are not paleo.

Two orange honey cake bites with caramel marmelade stacked upon each other with the cake and a honey pot in the background. Zoomed in, square.

Orange honey cake with a caramel marmalade topping

ME (Marjolein Eikenboom)

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Glutenfree, fatfree, dairy free & eggfree cake made from millet and banana. Infused with orange juice and honey after baking. With a topping of homemade, caramel-like marmalade with coconut flower sugar.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Total Time 55

Servings servings

Calories 304

Course baking & sweets, desserts

Dish baked dessert, pie & pastry

Cuisine European, Middle-Eastern

Holiday Christmas

Equipment

oven at 390F or 200C
small cake tin
parchment paper (PFAS-free, non-bleach)
(sauce)pan
bowls
zester + juicer
cooling rack
(small) whisk
skewer or something else that can poke small holes

Ingredients

1 cup banana about 2 small/medium sized
1 cup millet or millet flour
1 orange, zest from
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 tablespoon coconut flower sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder (corn + aluminum free)
1 teaspoon Bourbon vanilla powder or extract
1 teaspoon cardamom

Infusion

⅓ cup orange juice
¼ cup raw honey

Marmelade

2 oranges
¼ cup orange juice
½ cup coconut flower sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 390F or 200C. Prepare a cake tin with parchment paper
Wash three oranges thoroughly, preferably with baking soda. Zest one orange for the cake. Set the orange aside as well, to use for the infusion.

Marmelade

Take two oranges for the marmelade. Cut the top and bottom off. Cut in small pieces, small enough to be able to remove all seeds. Put all pieces and any juice you spilled into a small (sauce) pan.
Juice one or two oranges to get a quarter cup juice. Add to the oranges.
Add two tablespoons of maple syrup and a quarter cup of coconut flower sugar.
Mix into smaller pieces with the immersion blender.
Heat up just to a soft boil. Let it simmer and thicken.
Stir every once in a while and don't let it burn. It needs a out 45 minutes, just as long as the cake takes to bake.

Cake

If you have whole millet grains, grind them into flour.
Mix with the coconut flower sugar, vanilla, cardamom and grates orange zest.
Mash the bananas and add.
Spread the dough out in the cake tin.
Put in the oven for 45 minutes.

Infusing

Juice two or three oranges (you can use the orange you grated) until you have about a third cup.
Whisk in a quarter cup honey.
When the cake is ready, take it out of the oven. Poor the orange juice with honey over the cake. Make small holes with the skewer to let the juice drip into the cake.
When it's soaked take the cake out of he tin and put it in a cooling rack (without parchment paper).
Your marmelade is ready now as well. Spread on top.