Dinner party. An apartment full of people, hungry and ready to have an amazing meal. Three different types of raw-violi, each with it's own sauce. Hors d'oeuvres, salads, dressings, lentil-yam croquettes with herbed beet coulis and creamy drizzle... But I'll get to those later...
I get home from the store, with my re-usable bags overflowing with watercress and cascades of kale. I wrestle my bike through the door and Mac helps me unload the bags. And then, I realize - I forgot the pears! I had soaked and sprouted the pecans, sun seeds and hemp seeds for the pear tartlettes. I was all ready to make a cheesecake filling, a cacao drizzle, a berry reduction. But without the pears, it would've been a plain old cheesecake. Delicious, but not new, and the night was supposed to be all about new recipes. I didn't want to go back out into the cold. So I looked around, and... CARROTS! Let's make a carrot cake. :) Cake: Ingredients: 1/2 c. pecans, soaked 1/2 c. sunflower seeds, soaked and sprouted 1/2 c. hemp seeds, soaked and sprouted 3 1/2 c. chopped carrots (roughly 5 carrots) 1 t. sea salt 1 t. coriander 1 t. nutmeg 1 1/2 t. cinnamon 1 1/2 - 2 g. raw stevia powder 2 T. maple syrup 1 1/2 c. raw, dried, flaked coconut 1/2 c. dried cranberries Directions: Put all ingredients except for coconut and cranberries into food processor and process until it is a uniform batter. Transfer into a bowl and add in coconut and cranberries, mixing by hand. Spread onto a teflex sheet into a 1/2" tall loaf, then separate into little cakes using a 4" round cutter. It should make 11 full rounds with a little left over. Dehydrate at 104 degrees for 2 hours, flip onto screens and dehydrate for another 2-3 hours. Cream Cheese Frosting: 1 c. cashews 1/2 c. maple syrup 1/2 c. fresh lemon juice 1/4 c. water 1/2 t. nutmeg pinch of salt Combine all the ingredients in a high speed blender. (If you don't have a high speed blender, make sure that the cashews are well-soaked and try it in a regular blender.) Assembly: You can put a dab of frosting in the middle of a dessert plate to keep the cake from sliding around. Put one cake over the dab of frosting, spread a nice thick layer of frosting over the cake, top with a second cake, another thick layer of frosting. Garnish with fresh grated carrot and berries, mint leaves, whatever you have around. I used dried mulberries, which were delicious and gave an extra little burst of superfood goodness.
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AuthorAmanda has been teaching yoga, making (and eating) delicious raw/vegan food and coaching people for almost ten years. All that experience has taught her just how much there is still to learn, explore and discover. Archives
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