Menopause Cake (like a super seedy Fruit Loaf!)

This delicious Menopause Cake is high in phytoestrogens and healthy fatty acids to support your body and brain through menopause. Eat a slice a day to support your hormone health and boost cognitive function!

Note: the cake can be made less of more sweet by the addition of more nuts/less berries.

Ingredients

•  4ozs/100g/1 cup Soya flour

• 4ozs/100g/2 cups rolled oats

• 4ozs/100g/1.5 cups linseeds (flaxseed) -

• 2ozs/50g/1/3 cup pumpkin seeds

• 2ozs/50g/1/3 cup flaked almonds or walnuts or any other nuts

• 2ozs/50g/1/4 cup sesame seeds

• 2ozs/50g/1/4 cup sunflower seeds

• 2 pieces of finely chopped stem ginger (optional)

• 8ozs/225g/1 1/2 cups raisins or dates or cranberries -

• ½ teaspoon nutmeg

• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

• ½ teaspoon ground ginger

• 45 fl oz/1.5l/3 cups of soy milk

• 1 tablespoon malt extract

 
Method

• Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl

• Add soy milk and malt extract

• Mix well

• Leave to soak for about one hour.

• Heat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5.

• Line a small loaf tin with baking parchment.

• If the mixture ends up too stiff (it should have a soft dropping consistency), stir in some more Soya milk.

• Spoon the mixture into the tin

• Bake for one and a half hours or until it's cooked properly (test with a skewer to check comes out clean)

• Turn out and cool.

  Eat one thick slice of Menopause Cake a day!