Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Ispanakli Kek (Turkish Spinach Cake)

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Ispanakli Kek (Turkish Spinach Cake). Add spinach, olive oil, vanilla and lemon juice to a blender or food processor and blend to a puree. In a separate bowl whisk together flour and baking powder. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the spinach mixture.

Ispanakli Kek (Turkish Spinach Cake) Bu kek uzun zamandir aklimda yapilmayi bekliyor. Take a knife and cut off the edges around the cake to show the green. Crumble the cake pieces and set aside. You can cook Ispanakli Kek (Turkish Spinach Cake) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ispanakli Kek (Turkish Spinach Cake)

  1. Prepare 160 gm of Spinach leaves.
  2. It's 1/2 of Banana.
  3. You need 1/2 cup of Sugar.
  4. It's 1/4 cup of Olive oil (light or extra light olive oil preferably).
  5. You need 1/2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
  6. It's 1 tbsp of Lemon juice.
  7. You need 1 of egg (or 1 tbsp flaxseed meal + 3 tbsp Water).
  8. Prepare 1 cup of All Purpose Flour.
  9. It's 1 tsp of Baking powder.
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Salt.
  11. Prepare 1 cup of Topping sweetened whipped Cream 1 cup.

Spinach cake (ispanakli kek) seems to be a bit of a thing in Turkey. I remember years ago buying a slice at a farmer's market back home in Cornwall and being intrigued. You can see the picture I took of it just below. That was back in the day when I never thought to put greens in my cake.

Ispanakli Kek (Turkish Spinach Cake) step by step

  1. In a bowl sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside..
  2. Mix flaxseed meal and water. Keep aside..
  3. Remove thick stems from spinach leaves. Puree spinach leaves in fine paste..
  4. In same mixer jar add 1/2 banana, vanilla extract, lemon juice, sugar, oil and egg (or flax egg) and pulse few times..
  5. Pour the spinach mixture over the flour mixture and gently fold in, until just combined. Pour the batter into greased 8*2" baking pan..
  6. Bake in preheated oven at 350 C for 25-30 minutes..
  7. When cooled completely top with whipped cream..

Cut the edges of the cake and crumble. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Store cake loosely covered in the refrigerator. Puree spinach in food processor until liquid. Nazım Usta "ıspanaklı kek" Uygulamalı olarak anlatıyor.