Spelt cake recipe (or other healthy/organic cake recipes)

Someone asked me to make a cake for an event using as few processed ingredients as possible.
Firstly I need a cake. Anyone have a really great spelt cake recipe that taste good to us pple who are used to our white flour cakes. (I never cook with spelt, but the guy really wants a cake that his wife would eat)
I also need a really great frosting recipe that doesn't call for margerine or shortening.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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would a whole wheat cake do? and does it have to be parve? I'm just about to post an awasome recipe for w.w. cake

I will ask the guy. and yes I think he wants it pareve. He's ordering it for a sheva bracha, I'm assuming it's a fleishig one, but maybe I should really ask.
The couple is very into organic foods.

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 29 2006 Posts: 4774

I have a great honey banana spelt recipe.
It has oil and quite a bit of honey, but it's good Smile

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Executive Member Joined: Jan 23 2008 Posts: 406

Can you please post the honey banana spelt recipe? My 15 yr old is now on a wheat free diet and we're struggling to find cakes that will fill her for school. This sound perfect!

Platinum Member Joined: Jul 28 2006 Posts: 7191

I've made this cake with spelt flour instead of white and soymilk with some vinegar, instead of buttermilk.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Black-Magic-Cake/Detail.aspx

Excellent recipe.

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 29 2006 Posts: 4774

Spelt banana cake

1 cup mashed bananas
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup honey

mix in a bowl

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

mix in separate bowl.

Mix half the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients, then add the second half of the dry ingredients, mix again. Add 1/4 cup water, mix one last time.

bake at 325 for 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Executive Member Joined: Jan 06 2008 Posts: 462

I used to bake everything with spelt instead of wheat, and it came out just fine, I have made the Basic Chocolate Cake from the Spice and Spirit, and many recipes from this site.
For the frosting you can maken a glaze/frosting with melted chocolate and milk or parev milk.

Beginner Joined: Jan 24 2008 Posts: 1

I bake with spelt all the time. I use any regular cake recipe and make it just the same. If the recipe has a lot of liquid, I sometimes use 1/4 cup less, as I think the spelt is a little less absorbant than regular white flout. I make my challa from spelt, all my cakes. I use spelt matza meil, etc. there is really not that much difference. Good luck.

I use buckwheat (kasha) flour all the time instead of wheat. I also don't cook with oil or margarine but use organic applesauce instead.

Here's a nice recipie that's completely organic
250 g buckwheat flour
2 eggs
1 c organic golden sugar
1 package baking powder
1 c applesauce
1 c organic soy milk or rice milk

mix and bake at 350 for 40 minutes
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