#raw baking

I was expecting an army for a dinner again and made this huge amount of raw cake in the lasagne pan (for you people who are “wtf” right now: go here). The army never came though... 

This time I made layers and everything. Pear and mango are starring in the cake this time. I was even brave enough to use sesame seeds in the base and it worked surprisingly well!  

Layered raw cake 

Base: 

3 dl oats 

3 dl nuts & seeds 

10 dates 

0,5 dl coconut oil (melted)

If you don’t have a proper blender: blend oats, seeds and nuts separately. Smash the dates and mix all the ingredients together using your hands. If you have a proper blender: just blend all the ingredients. Press the mixture into the bottom of a lasagne pan. Place in the freezer while making the filling.

Layer 1: 

2 avocados 

2 pears 

2,5 dl coconut milk 

0,5 - 1 dl lemon 

vanilla powder 

Blend everything together and pour over the base. (Add some honey to the mixture if you feel like you want to make it a bit sweeter) Let it sit in the freezer for 30-60min.

Layer 2: 

2 bananas 

2 mango 

2,5 dl coconut milk 

1 lemon 

vanilla powder

Blend everything together and pour over the first layer. Let the whole beauty sit in the freezer for at least couple of hours. 

Coconut Cookie Dough Balls

This recipe is from Chocolate-Covered Katie, my new favorite baking site. These cookies are amazing! So healthy, and so yummy! They are vegan, raw, gluten-free and sugar-free, and they taste amazing!

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups pitted dates

3 tablespoons coconut butter (if you can’t find this at your grocery store, you can make your own!)

Some days, a person just needs a lot of chocolate for breakfast. It was a day of picking up ingredients from the farmer's market, chopping, blending, tempering, and coating. All for the love of raw chocolate.

Some raw cacao butter

Truffles rolled in coconut and cacao nibs above, mission figs below

Bananas for dayssssss.

Massive cups + batches of nut butters. One batch got left in the sun. Whoops! But they're absolutely decadent.

Raw chocolate and raw macaroons. This should not be my breakfast-- but it totally is my breakfast. I've been doing the mad dash out the door / grab the first food item that comes into view / shovel it into thine's mouth speeding down the highway while belting Taylor Swift songs at 7am - routine this past week. Sometimes I just grab stalks of celery but they're not quite as tasty as the treats...

Since the weather is warm, occasionally I take a break from having too much fun dehydrating / creating snacks, and have been alternating between freshly made almond milk and freshly juiced veggies. My newest favorites: Carrot Pineapple and Almond-Cashew