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Raw Rainbow Dream Cake
Posted on: September 25, 2012
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Raw Rainbow Dream Cake
- Course/Dish: Cakes
- Main Ingredient: Cashews, Dates, Macadamia Nuts
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Cuisine: American
- Equipment Needed: Blender, Food Processor
- Rainbow Green Cuisine: Phase 2
- Serves: 4-6
Description
Ulyana’s labour of love, it’s her rainbow dream cake! Cashews, coconut butter and fruit pigments blended into swirls of dreamy rainbow hues. You may find yourself just wanting to admire its beauty, but we assure you once the first bite is eaten you wont want to stop eating! Within this recipe you will also find lots of suggestions for creating vibrant colors naturally without having to relay on any artificial food dyes.
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Ingredients
Crust:
1 cup raw macadamia kernals or almonds
1 cup fresh medjool dates
¼ tsp sea salt
Filling:
2 cups raw cashews, soaked for 1-4 hours (the longer you soak the easier it is to blend and you won’t need a high-powered blender)
1 tsp vanilla extract or bean
1/2 cup raw coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup raw honey/ agave/ maple syrup/ coconut sugar
Methods/steps
Crust:
1) In a food processor blend the macadamias, dates and salt until it’s at the texture or your preference. The mixture will form a sticky dough that can easily be pressed into a springform cake pan
Filling:
1) In a high-powered blender process the cashews, coconut oil, sweetener and vanilla until creamy.
2) Choose your colours and blend in the fruits and powders starting with the lightest. I portioned the filling to mix the strongest colours separately. This is the longest process and I think I used about 20 different spoons!
3) Place in the freezer to set.
Additional Tips
Ulyana’s tips for creating various colors:
The four to five colours I used were green, deep purple, lilac, pink and yellow. I used my high-powered blender to emulsify the cashews into a thick cream filling then went about the messy and experimental process of blending healthy and natural colours. Here is the list of ideas I compiled…
For Green: spirulina, baby spinach, chlorella, and wheatgrass
Having Cake and Eating It Too
Posted on: January 30, 2011
Every now and then, those of us who don’t like to cook get asked to bring something to an office party.
Most of the times, it’s easy enough to put some prepared platter of something or bring along the classic corn chips n salsa.
But when you are faced with responsibility for the celebratory cake, you feel a little more obligated.
Don’t worry, we’re still buying from the bakery department.
Most people will simply bring a sheet cake of one flavour or another and call it a day.
Your obligation would be completely discharged with that; but one sheet cake is actually a hassle you don’t need.
There will always be some who don’t like the flavour or are allergic to something in it. And, there’s the matter of leftovers.
Luckily there’s a simple and elegant solution.
Bring 2 regular sized cakes – one chocolate and the other something else.
This way, party attendees have a choice and you eliminate the likelihood of leftovers, since people who had a piece of one, can more easily be convinced to have a smaller piece of the other – than can a person be convinced into having a second of the cake they’ve already had.
So, convoluted way to say, no leftovers.
The only downside is that you will probably be asked more often to work out office party issues.
But how else can you be the hero for so little effort?
All the kudos for minimal work – now that’s a good enough thing.
Nancy
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