Yerba Mate Cake

I’m a yerba mate lover.
I was searching for a cake that was light enough and quick to prepare, and I found the water cake.
Here I had the inspiration to modify this cake in order to make mine according my taste, and I’m happy to say you that has been a success!
Yerba mate cake is easy, quick to prepare and it could be also savored by vegan people.

It’s a friendship cake for those reasons, I haven’t called it this way because it’s the name of another cake that already exists. So, I hope you will appreciate! In this case, thank you if you would vote for me in breakfast contest, because I tried it as cake for breakfast and it’s a pleasure to start a morning with a piece of this cake!

All that we need is:

• 330 ml of natural water
• 5 tbsp of yerba mate
• 300 g of flour "00"
• 200 g of brown sugar
• 16 g (one packet) of baking powder for cakes
• 90 g of seed oil
• a teaspoon vanilla (optional)

Heat all the water up to 70 degrees (when bubbles begin to form on the bottom of the pot) and pour the mate, turning a spoon to mix yerba mate and water.

Wait until the water becomes cooler, then filter the yerba mate from the water with a filter, in another bowl.

At this point, add the baking powder to the flour and mix together, so sift the flour.

Add the brown sugar to the yerba mate, the add the teaspoon vanilla, and mix them together, until you obtain a homogeneous liquid.

Then, add the seed oil, and switch on the oven at 180 degrees in order to warm it.

Then add the flour, a tablespoon at a time, and mix it with a whisk, to avoid creating lumps.

Use margarine to grease a baking dish and cover with the flour; you could also use baking paper, or butter instead margarine, but we're making a cake that could be eaten also from a vegan, so I use margarine.

Pour the mixture prepared into the pan and bake at 180 C° for 30-40 minutes.

Do the toothpick test after 30 minutes of cooking; if stabbing the cake, the toothpick remains dry, is ready and we can take it out of the oven!
It could have a color like in the picture!

So, wait some minutes to make it a bit cooler, then put it in a dish, and decorate with icing sugar, if you want...I prefer without!

Hope you will appreciate, have a nice breakfast! :-)