Ingredients

• 250g dates & 100ml water (put together in a small saucepan)
• 100g melted butter (or around 80g coldpressed coconut oil)
• 200g fine spelt (if you use wholewheat spelt you use a bit less because it absorbs more liquid than the fine spelt does)
• 2 tsp wheat and aluminium free baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla powder or essence
• 4 tbsp cacao powder
• 2 eggs (organic)
• 100ml strong coffee (optional, you can also use boiled water)
• 100ml organic almond milk

Method

1. Heat oven to 180°C
2. Place your dates in a small saucepan with the water and bring to a boil.
3. Turn the heat down, add the butter and put the lid on.
4. In a mixing bowl mix together spelt, baking powder, vanilla and cacao.
5. Add the eggs, coffee and almond milk.
6. Blend together (in a blender or with a handheld blender) the dates and butter. Add it to the spelt mixture. Add milk or more hot water if the dough is too stiff.
7. Put the dough in a cake tin around 24-26 cm
8. Bake for around 25 minutes or until you can stick a pin in and it comes clean out. The baking time always varies a bit between ovens and cake tins.