Chickpea cake with cherries, banana and yogurt
8 servings
80 minutes
Chickpea cake with cherry, banana, and yogurt is a refined dessert rooted in Arabic cuisine known for its mastery of rich flavors and healthy ingredients. This cake has a delicate texture thanks to chickpea flour, while dates provide natural sweetness. Cherry adds a slight tartness that harmonizes with the softness of banana. The recipe features natural yogurt and honey, making the dessert light and nutritious. The cake is airy and soaked, with a blend of spices—cinnamon and vanilla—giving it an Eastern spice. It can be served as a treat with tea or used as a healthy alternative to traditional baked goods.
1
Whisk the eggs into a fluffy foam, add cinnamon and vanilla.
- Chicken egg: 5 piece
- Ground cinnamon: to taste
- Vanilla: to taste
2
Chop the dates in a blender with milk, add to the eggs, mix in flour, fiber, and baking powder, stir well, add cherries (pitted), and bake in the oven for 45 minutes at 180–190 degrees (I baked in a multicooker).
- Pitted dates: 100 g
- Milk: 1 tablespoon
- Chickpea flour (gram flour): 0.8 glass
- Dietary fibre (bran/psyllium): 3 tablespoons
- Baking powder (raising agent): pinch
- Sweet cherry: 100 g
3
Cut the cooled pie into three layers. Spread each layer with honey and yogurt, and place sliced bananas in thin circles. Let it soak.
- Honey: 3 tablespoons
- Plain (natural) yoghurt: 400 g
- Bananas: 2 pieces