Cake Bites

Made with plain flour these cake bites are slightly dense and crumbly. Perfect base to add what ever you like. In this batch I added a seed mix which had sunflower and pepitas seeds. The seeds added a bit of crunch and texture but also I enjoy the taste. In the original recipe she added dried chopped up fruit, but feel free to play around with different ingredients until you get the perfect mix for you.

** If you wanted to make a healthier version of this recipe, which you could have it for breakfast on the go or just as a snack, modify the recipe. Reduce the sugar amount and replace it with coconut sugar (or a non- processed sugar) , use coconut oil rather than butter and use fillings that will keep you full for longer like seeds, nuts and if its not sweet enough add some dried fruit. 

Adapted from Everyday Gourmet - Justine

Makes 12 small bites (I used a muffin tray) 

Ingredients 

- 100g butter, melted

- 3 eggs

- 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar

- 1 cup (150g) plain flour

- Zest of 1 lemon

- Zest of 1/2 orange

-1 tablespoon honey

- 1/4 cup seed mix (pepitas, sunflower kernels)

** If adding other fillings use 1/4 cup of each ingredient

 Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200C and grease either a patty cake pan, a muffin tray or a mini muffin tray. 
2. Using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, beat the eggs and sugar until it is thick and pale in color.
   
3. Sift the flour in slowly and mix lightly or hand fold in. Add in the zest of the orange and lemon, then the honey and fold until combined 
   
4. Fold in the melted butter, until combined then add your fillings( the seed mix.)
   
    
5. Spoon the batter into the greased tray, filling them 3/4 of the way. Bake in the oven for 10-14 minutes or until you prick the center with a knife and it comes out with moist crumbs or clean.
6. Once you take it out of the oven, let them cool slightly , then turn out onto a wire rack. 
   
7. Serve warm with a dusting of icing sugar or store them in an air tight container to use later. 
   

Tips & Notes 

* Make sure to whip the eggs  thick and fluffy 

* Be gentle when folding, otherwise you will over mix and leave you with a unpleasant cake.

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