Hazelnut And Rooibos Baby Cakes

These delicate little cakes not only look cute as anything, they are also completely free of refined sugar and gluten, and are perfect for a special breakfast treat.

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Ingredients

For the cakes:

250g hazelnuts

50g ground almonds

Pinch sea salt

1⁄2 tsp baking soda

Contents of 1 rooibos tea bag

1⁄2 tsp cinnamon

50g butter, melted and cooled

2 free-range eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp honey

For the cream cheese topping:

200g cream cheese

30g coconut sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp good quality cinnamon

For the decorations:

Handful of freeze-dried blueberry slices

Makes 15

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C on fan bake. Grease 15 holes of a mini muffin pan very well (or use mini cupcake liners).
  2. In a food processor blitz the hazelnuts until a coarse flour texture is reached.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the blitzed hazelnuts, ground almonds salt, baking soda, tea bag contents and cinnamon.
  4. Gradually add in the melted butter, eggs, vanilla and honey.
  5. Evenly divide the batter between the muffin holes.
  6. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until firm to the touch. They will burn quickly so keep an eye on them!
  7. Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
  8. Meanwhile, make the icing. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and coconut sugar together until completely smooth, and then add the vanilla and cinnamon.
  9. Use a piping bag or a palette knife to ice each babycake.
  10. Top each babycake with a sprinkling of freeze-dried blueberries.

Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

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