Apparently (according to the wisdom of Wikipedia), a Hummingbird Cake is a banana pineapple spice cake from the United States. It’s quite funny, therefore, that our version has neither banana nor pineapple! In fact, if it wasn’t for Jane of Marinya Cottage Kitchen, we wouldn’t even know about Hummingbird Cake, let alone these Thermomix Little Hummingbird Cakes that we bring you now!
These are grain free and dairy free and really quite delicious. They are quite moist. We found the best result was to cook them in the thick paper cases that you see pictured. You can even serve those with a spoon and eat like a little pudding. We also tried with a silicon baking tray. Which was a good option too (although allow them to cool completely before removing otherwise you will lose the bottoms of them!) They are freezable. We pulled them out to add to our Thermomix Lunch Box Ideas episode of the podcast. This mixture makes about 12.
170g zucchini (cut into chunks)
140g carrot (cut into chunks)
130g apple (quartered)
190g desiccated coconut
40g coconut oil
4 eggs
75g rice malt syrup (or honey)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp GF baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Drain any liquid from the grated mix.
7. Reverse+Speed 4 / 30 seconds. Use spatula to integrate any ingredients that haven’t mixed in.
Pre-baked mixture in the cupcake cases.
Pre-baked mixture in the silicon tray.
Thermomix Little Hummingbird Cakes (Grain Free)
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12
Description
Apparently (according to the wisdom of Wikipedia), a Hummingbird Cake is a banana pineapple spice cake from the United States. It’s quite funny, therefore, that our version has neither banana nor pineapple! In fact, if it wasn’t for Jane of Marinya Cottage Kitchen, we wouldn’t even know about Hummingbird Cake, let alone these Thermomix Little Hummingbird Cakes that we bring you now!
These are grain free and dairy free and really quite delicious. They are quite moist. We found the best result was to cook them in the thick paper cases that you see pictured. You can even serve those with a spoon and eat like a little pudding. We also tried with a silicon baking tray. Which was a good option too (although allow them to cool completely before removing otherwise you will lose the bottoms of them!) They are freezable. We pulled them out to add to our Thermomix Lunch Box Ideas episode of the podcast. This mixture makes about 12.
No: Gluten / Dairy / Nuts
Contains: Egg
Ingredients
- zucchini – 170g, cut into chunks
- carrot – 140g, cut into chunks
- apple – 130g, quartered
- desiccated coconut – 190g
- coconut oil – 40g
- eggs – 4
- rice malt syrup – 75g, or honey
- cinnamon – 1 tsp, ground
- baking powder – 1 tsp, GF
- vanilla – 1 tsp, extract
Instructions
- Set the oven to 180 degrees celcius.
- Add the zucchini, carrot & apple. Grate Speed 6 / 3 seconds.
- Drain any juice by pressing a spatula into the mix (see picture).
- Add the 190g of desiccated coconut.
- Press Turbo 4 times, use a spatula to bring all ingredients together if needed.
- Add the 40g coconut oil, 4 eggs, 75g rice malt syrup, 1 tsp each of cinnamon / baking powder / vanilla extract.
- Reverse+Speed 4 / 30 seconds. Use spatula to integrate any ingredients that haven’t mixed in.
- Spoon the mixture into your cupcake cases / muffin tins / silicon tray.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Allow to cool. Jane from Marinya Cottage Kitchen says that you can serve them with coconut cream, cream cheese, cashew cream or fresh fruit… but we just ate them as they were.
Keywords: Thermomix Desserts, Free Thermomix Recipes, Sweet Thermomix Snacks, Vegetarian
Fell in love! So tasty. Used cheesecloth to drain the liquid and kept it to make savoury muffins. Raw, unfiltered honey instead of rice syrup
Added a wee bit of pear and a tsp of almond meal, I’d run out of coconut.
Will make this over and over
Hooray! Thanks for letting us know Sarah!
These are lovely! Thanks so much for converting them to TM for us. Great tip for removing the excess water (the picture really helps too!). I use just a tsp of honey in place of syrup (I find them sweet enough with the apple) and sometimes replace some of the coconut with protein powder to take to the gym. Yummo. Thanks so much!!
Our pleasure!
These hummingbird cakes are delicious!! We just made our first batch and our toddler devoured three in a row!!! Fantastic for adult and day care lunches and snacks! This will be part of our weekly cook-up for sure! Thank you!!