Cake for fruits - Millet, Amaranth, Teff & Coconut (Triple Batch)

One of my most successful cake bases for fruit cakes because of chewy texture and digestibility.

Grind in Mill (Stone Mill)

Grind all of it at a relatively fine setting into one large bowl:

• 1½ cups whole millet → ground to flour (yields ~2 cups millet flour)
• ½ cup whole amaranth → ground to flour (yields ~⅔ cup amaranth flour)
• ½ cup whole quinoa → ground to flour (yields ~⅔ cup quinoa flour)
• ½ cup sweet rice → ground to flour (yields ~⅔ cup sweet rice flour)
• ¼ cup buckwheat groats → ground to flour (yields ~⅓ cup buckwheat flour)
• ¼ cup whole teff → ground to flour (yields ~⅓ cup teff flour)
• ¼ cup dried chickpeas → ground to flour (yields ~⅓ cup chickpea flour)

Additional Dry Ingredients (No Grinding)

• ⅓ cup coconut flour (do not mill — add straight to dry bowl)
• 1 cup arrowroot starch
• ¼ cup coconut sugar (optional — gives a crunchier, darker top)
• 2 tbsp baking powder
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ¾ tsp sea salt or sprinkled on top before putting the batter in the oven

Wet Ingredients

Mix all wet ingredients together, then add them to the dry ingredients and move them relatively fast in the oven (because the baking powder activates right away):

• 3 tbsp ground flaxseed + 9 tbsp warm water (flax eggs — mix and rest 10 min)

• 1 cup melted ghee (or coconut oil)

• 1 cup maple syrup (or agave or brown rice syrup)

• 1½ cups full-fat coconut milk (thick creamy part)

• ¾ cup warm water (slightly more than before — coconut flour absorbs)

• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

• 3 tbsp lemon juice

• optional: (3 ripe bananas, mashed)

Notes

TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Perspective

• Millet — Tonifies Spleen Qi and dispels dampness; the cornerstone grain for your constitution

• Amaranth — Clears channels and moves Qi through sluggish areas

• Quinoa — Tonifies Qi and strengthens the Spleen's transforming and transporting function

• Teff — Warming and nourishing; strengthens the Blood and supports Spleen

• Buckwheat — Clears heat from the intestines; grounding in small amounts

• Ghee — Moistening without being damp-forming; the ideal fat for your constitution

• Always serve warm — cold cake works against Spleen Qi

Log

• Made on 2026-08-09 as fully vegan version with coconut sugar based syrup and strawberry jam filling