Raw Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Crust
2 tablespoons orange zest
3/4 cup raw walnuts (or nut of choice)
1/3 cup dates
Filling
1/2 cup dark cocoa or carob powder
2 medium avocados
2/3 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup coconut oil
Optional Toppings
Nut of choice (almonds, walnuts, pecans work well)
Fruit
Preparation
1
Crust
2
Soak nuts if desired, for 1 hour or longer.
3
Mix ingredients into a blender or food processor, until dates and nuts are chopped.
4
Press into pan, and place into the fridge while you prepare the filling.
5
Filling
6
Combine the filling ingredients into a food processor or blender until completely smooth.
7
Pour onto cake crust, and place back into the fridge overnight (or a minimum of a few hours).
8
Eat cake as is or continue below and add toppings!
9
Optional Toppings
10
Remove cake(s) from pan and decorate with chopped nuts around the edges or top with fresh fruit.
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About
This recipe makes 2 individual cakes or 1 small cake. A spring pan lined with parchment paper works best. The cake resembles those orange chocolates you eat around Easter (Omit the orange zest, if you’d rather have a cake without this flavour).
This recipe is raw, vegan, and free of gluten, refined sugar and soy.
Yield:
2-4
Added:
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 10:28am
