Torta Saracena - Buckwheat Flour Cake

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recipe by Vanessa Suriano

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    281
based on 5 ratings

A fragrant wholemeal cake, suitable for people who need to limit their sugar intake and also for people allergic to eggs and wheat.  Excellent for breakfast. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

recipe updated May 20, 2024

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    150 g
  • Wholemeal spelt flour icon
    Wholemeal spelt flour
    150 g
  • Buckwheat flour icon
    Buckwheat flour
    150 g
  • Stevia icon
    Stevia
    10 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    1 teaspoon
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    50 g
  • Blueberry jam icon
    Blueberry jam
    200 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Round pan - 23cm (9")

Step preview

  1. Attach the K-Beater
  2. Add wholemeal spelt flour, buckwheat flour, butter, stevia, vanilla extract and baking powder to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  3. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  4. Mix with splashguard fitted - 1 min, Speed 1
  5. Then add milk to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  6. Mix with splashguard fitted - 30 sec, Speed 1
  7. Line a clean work surface with plastic wrap
  8. Transfer dough to work surface
  9. Wrap with plastic wrap
  10. Chill in fridge - 1 hr
  11. Pre-heat oven - 170°C
  12. Remove the dough from the fridge
  13. Divide into 2 equal pieces
  14. Reserve one piece and continue
  15. Roll out thinly
  16. Transfer shaped dough to round pan
  17. Line until covered
  18. Add blueberry jam to the round pan
  19. Spread until covered
  20. Retrieve the other half of dough
  21. Break it into pieces to make a crumble and sprinkle over the jam
  22. Bake - 25 min, 170°C
  23. Remove from oven and let cool
  24. Serve
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