Arthritis-friendly Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 110 g dairy-free margarine
• 110 g caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy flour
• 2 teaspoons sunflower oil
• 4 tablespoons water
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence (optional)
• 170 g unbleached plain flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2-2/3 cup soymilk

Recipe

• 1 cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 gradually beat in soy flour, oil and water, mixing well between each addition. beat in egg whites and vanilla essence.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder and salt into separate bowl. add gradually to cake mixture with soy milk, beating thoroughly between each addition.
• 4 the mixture should be light and drop easily from a wooden spoon. if too stiff, beat in more soy milk 1 tablespoon at a time.
• 5 spoon mixture evenly into two greased and lined 18cm sponge cake tins, and cook in a moderate oven (180°c) for 20-25 minutes until golden on top and a sharp knife comes out clean from the centre of the cake.
• 6 remove cakes from oven and leave to cool in tins for five minutes until cake starts to shrink from sides of tin, then turn onto wire rack.
• 7 when cool, decorate as required.