Adam Guthrie's Raw Berry Cake

Raw Berry Cake

Wow, what a dessert! If you love chocolate, add a tablespoon of raw cacao when mixing the ingredients for the top layer.
Makes: 1 cake

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Raw Berry Cake

By: Adam Guthrie

Wow, what a dessert! If you love chocolate, add a tablespoon of raw cacao when mixing the ingredients for the top layer.


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Prep time

Cook time

Recipe


Ingredients

  • Base
  • 2 cups dates
  • 1 cup almond meal
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • First layer
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
  • 2 frozen bananas
  • Second layer
  • 1 cup coconut water
  • 1 cup soaked cashew nuts, soaked overnight
  • 10 dates, pitted
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • To serve
  • 1 punnet of fresh raspberries

Method


  • Mix the base ingredients in a food processor until it forms a ball. You may need to do this in a few batches if the processor is not strong enough.
  • Prepare a 9 or 10-inch spring form cake tin with greaseproof paper on the base and a light spray of oil around the sides. Use your fingers to carefully spread the mixture to a consistent depth about 1-2 cm over the base of the tin.
  • To make the first layer, blend the berries and bananas to a soft ice cream consistency in a high speed blender or food processor. If it is too frozen, you can add a little coconut water to get it moving.
  • Pour the mixture into the cake tin and add a ring of fresh blueberries to the outside of the cake tin. If you have enough, you can do a whole layer of blueberries as this looks good when it is cut into slices.
  • To make the second layer, whizz the ingredients in a food processor or high speed blender to an ice cream consistency and pour on top of the berry layer.
  • Top the cake with a layer of fresh raspberries. Carefully place plastic wrap over the top of the cake and place on a level surface in the freezer for four to six hours. The cake may need to thaw a little before serving if it has been frozen overnight.

  

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Adam Guthrie

Adam Guthrie

Adam is a vegan whose passion for food began with a life-threatening illness and continues today in a lifestyle built around healthy cooking and eating. Adam is a qualified chef and wellness coach who specialises in a wholefood, plant-based diet. Adam shares how to prepare delicious, healthy food for health, energy and vitality. He conducts online healthy eating and wellness programs and gives keynote talks, live cooking demonstrations and cooking classes on the subject of healthy eating and living well.

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