Healthy Apricot Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups dates, pitted, organic, chopped into small pieces
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2/3 cup rice flour, organic
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour, organic
• 3 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger, organic
• 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice, organic
• 3 1/2 cups dried apricots, organic, chopped into small pieces
• 1/2 cup ground almonds, organic
• 1/3 cup apricot juice, organic (or any suitable combination you enjoy)

Directions

1. 1

   1. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line a 2-pound loaf pan with parchment or natural wax paper.

2. 2

   2. Put the dates in a small pan with the water. Bring to a boil, cook for a couple of minutes and remove from the heat. Sieve the flours, baking powder and spices into a bowl and mix in the apricots and almonds.

3. 3

   3. Stir in the wet date mixture and the fruit juice and spoon mixture into the prepared pan.

4. 4

   4. Bake for about 45 minutes or until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.

5. 5

   5. Leave the cake to cool in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack and remove the wax paper. Serve the cake in slices.