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HRT cake

The ingredients are supplements for hormone replacement (but NOT medically proven) eg: use of seeds such as pumpkin and sunflower in your diet plus soya are rich in phytoestrogens - natural plant chemicals which mimic female hormones. Try it and see!
Serves: 6 to 8
Preparation time: 20 mins + soaking
Cooking time: 01:00
Cooking method: Bake

INGREDIENTS:

100g soya flour
2-3 eggs [depending on size]
100g ground almonds
50g linseeds
25g pumpkin seeds
25g sunflower seeds
25g sesame seeds
25g flaked almonds
100g mixed dried fruit
50g dried cranberries
1 tablespoon malt extract
2 tablespoons honey [optional]
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice or allspice ground
350-375 ml soya milk
1 level teaspoon baking powder

METHOD:

Mix all the dry ingredients.

Soak all the fruit in a little of the measured soya milk to plump them up.

Now combine all the ingredients together and mix quickly until it forms a mixture (similar to Christmas cake mix), adding more soya milk if it is too stiff.

Put the mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin and bake for approx 1 hour at 190'C

Allow to cool in the tin and serve sliced with a little butter or spread of your choice.

1 slice per day is a good source of natural phytoestrogens and the cake is also a good source of healthy omega fatty acids.

Variations:

1. Omit the cranberries and spice, and instead add ground ginger and a couple of pieces of chopped stem ginger.

2. Reduce the soya milk by 50 ml and use fresh orange juice (from 1 large or two small oranges) to soak the fruit, and add the grated orange zest to the mixture.