At first glance, it seems that the concept of raw food and cakes is not very compatible. In fact, even within the framework of this food system, it is possible to create very tasty and spectacular sweets, and this is not difficult at all.
Basic principles of cooking raw food cake
Since eating a raw foodist assumes the rejection of any heat treatment of products, it is already clear that a raw food cake is prepared without baking. As a basis, as a rule, a mixture of ground or ground nuts or seeds and dried fruit. It is compacted in a silicone or other form, the result is a sweet cake.
Fresh or dried fruits or berries, sometimes with the addition of nuts, are taken as a layer or cream taken in a blender. To make the mass gentle and airy, the nuts are soaked in water before grinding.
Natural ingredients such as coconut oil and milk, maple or coconut syrup, cocoa butter, or raw cocoa powder can also be used in such cakes. Often, instead of cocoa in the recipes of raw food cakes, you can find its substitute carob, obtained from the fruit of the carob tree. It is sweet and does not require additional sweeteners. There is also no caffeine. Therefore, carob is often chosen by fans of healthy food systems. On a sugar in the recipes raw food cakes replaces natural honey.
Raw food cake - recipe with dried apricots and bananas
A simple cake with a small set of ingredients and a delicate cream. If desired, the almonds used for cakes can be replaced with other nuts or seeds can be taken instead.
Ingredients
For cake layers:
Two glasses of almond;
dates - 6 pieces;
two tablespoons of honey;
two tablespoons of carob;
a pinch of salt (preferably sea).
Cream:
Two bananas;
dried apricots - 200 grams.
Method of preparation
Dried apricots are placed in warm water and left so for an hour, it should become softer.
Blender the nuts together with the dates, add to them honey, carob powder, and a little salt. We mix. We get a dense mass. This is our “dough” for cake layers. Half the dough we stamp into the selected form. It's time to do the cream. To do this, beat together bananas and dried apricots. Distribute the cream on the cake. Now you need to remove the form in the freezer, enough for a few minutes. Then on the frozen cream gently distribute the remnants of the “dough”. Next, the cake is sent to the refrigerator for a couple of hours, then it can already be served with tea.
Raw food cake - recipe with cherry
Cherries will suit both fresh and frozen. Moreover, it is used both for cakes, and for filling the cake.
Ingredients
For the cake:
A glass of almond;
ten cherries;
six dates;
banana.
Filling:
One and a half cup almonds;
a glass of cherry;
ten strawberries;
a third of coconut;
half vanilla pod.
For sprinkling - coconut chips.
Method of preparation
That almond, which will be used for the filling, should be soaked for eight hours before cooking.
All the ingredients needed for the cake are placed in the blender bowl, grilled. We spread on the bottom of the form, we crush, put for a while in the freezer.
Pre-soaked almonds grind with a blender together with strawberries, chopped into coconut, half a vanilla pod, beat. Now add the seedless cherry to the resulting filling, leave a little for decoration. We mix.
We take out the frozen korzh. Place the stuffing on it. Sprinkle with coconut shavings and decorate with cherries.
Raw food cake - a recipe with oranges and raspberries
From citrus make cream. And the berries will serve as a delicious layer of cake and give it freshness.
Ingredients
For the cake:
A glass of almond;
200 grams of dates;
120 grams of coconut chips;
lemon.
Cream:
Two oranges;
five teaspoons of honey;
250 grams of cashews;
four tablespoons of coconut oil.
Interlayer:
200 grams of raspberry;
two teaspoons of honey.
Method of preparation
Cashews, which are needed for the cream, soaked in water for three to four hours. From their humidity depends on how much air will mass.
To make the cake, we blender the almonds with dates in a blender. We use lemon to get peel, we try to remove it finely. Add to the mass. Take the form. The bottom is covered with parchment paper. Spread the dough. We form a cake with a height of about three to four centimeters. We poison in the freezer. In the meantime, proceed to the cream. We remove the zest from one of the oranges; from both citrus fruits, we get the juice in any available way. Beat the zest, juice, cashews and honey with a blender until we get a creamy mass. Add coconut oil to it. Beat again.
It remains to make a layer of berries. To do this, just gently combine the raspberries and honey.
Take the frozen korzh. We place a third of the cream on it. Then there are berries with honey. All this is filled with the remaining cream. To freeze the cake will take three hours in the refrigerator. Then it can be decorated with raspberry berries and nuts.
Raw food cake - recipe with hazelnuts and peanuts
Cake with whole nuts. The recipe also uses edible cocoa butter, it should be natural, unrefined, have a yellowish color and a pleasant chocolate smell. This oil remains solid at room temperature, melted in a water bath before use.
Ingredients
For the cake:
200 grams of almond;
10 grams of cocoa butter;
two tablespoons of honey.
Cream:
400 ml of orange juice;
a teaspoon of cinnamon;
100 grams of dates and cashews;
10 grams of grated cocoa;
100 grams of hazelnuts and peanuts;
50 grams of cocoa butter.
Method of preparation
Very carefully and finely grind the almonds with a blender. Mix it with melted cocoa butter and honey. We ram the resulting mass to the bottom of the form.
Orange juice along with cinnamon, dates and cashews, beat. Add cocoa butter, pre-melted, whip the cream again.
We distribute half the whole peanuts and hazelnuts on the cake. Fill with cream. Add the remaining nuts on top. We send to freeze in the freezer.
Raw food cake - recipe a la “Napoleon”
The puff pastry in this recipe will be replaced by thinly sliced fruit, and the cream will be natural honey with ground nuts.
Ingredients
An Apple;
half a cup of almond;
eight tablespoons of honey;
pear;
lemon;
half a cup of walnuts;
a handful of raisins;
a teaspoon of cinnamon;
a teaspoon of ginger.
Method of preparation
Remove the peel from the apple and pear. Each fruit is cut in half, and then - very thin circles or slices. Walnuts are chopped with cinnamon using a blender. We do the same with almonds, only combining it with cinnamon and ginger.
From lemon we get juice and zest. Add them to honey. We mix.
We begin to form our puff mini-cake. Dunk fruit pieces, first in honey, and then in one of the nut mixes. And lay them on each other, thus forming layers. Put in the fridge for at least an hour. Then decorate with raisins and nuts.
Raw food cake - recipe with cocoa substitute
Chocolate cake on the system of raw food - why not? We use for its creation useful natural ingredients - carob, coconut milk and butter.
Ingredients
Ten dates;
carob - three tablespoons;
two bananas;
a glass of coconut, cashews and walnuts;
four tablespoons of coconut milk;
two tablespoons of coconut oil;
100 grams of liquid honey.
Method of preparation
Cashews before cooking, hold in water for several hours.
Put dates in water for half an hour, then free them from pits.
We grind walnuts with a blender, pour coconut chips to them, put dates and grind again. Put the sliced banana there. We mix. As a result, there is a mass that resembles a thick dough. Move it into a silicone mold, crush it.
Coconut oil should be melted, let's do it in a water bath. Mix it with cashews, pour in coconut milk and four tablespoons of honey. Whisk. It turns white cream. Part of it is distributed on the cake. In the remaining cream put a banana, carob and one tablespoon of honey. Whisk. Chocolate cream is ready. We mix. Distribute over white cream. Give freeze in the fridge. Then get out of shape, decorate as desired.
Raw food cake - a recipe with carrots
The carrot cake will delight you with its bright color, honey and dates will make it sweet, and ground ginger will add piquancy to taste.
Ingredients
Korzh:
Three large carrots;
tablespoon of raisins;
ten dates;
six tablespoons of peeled walnuts;
half a tablespoon of coconut oil; ground ginger;
cinnamon.
Cream:
100 ml of coconut milk;
two teaspoons of lemon juice;
one and a half tablespoons of coconut oil;
200 grams of cashews;
70 grams of honey.
Method of preparation
Soak cashews for 5-6 hours, enough walnuts for an hour, and raisins and dates - thirty minutes.
We cut the previously cleaned carrots into pieces, chop the blender together with walnuts. Then dates also go there, and everything is whipped together. It remains only to add coconut oil, raisins, ginger, cinnamon. We mix everything.
All ingredients for the cream are also well whipped together.
We form a round cake with half of dough, put half of the cream on it. Cover with the second cake. The remaining cream is coated with all our cake. Top - nuts and raisins. Cool for four hours and serve.
Raw food cake - secrets and tricks
· Such tender cakes are easiest to get out of the silicone mold. Or you can lay a plastic film on the bottom of any other form, this will simplify the process of extracting the finished delicacy.
· When the cake cream is made on the basis of nuts, they must be soaked in water. The longer - the better, at least three hours, you can leave even for 8-12 hours. It is also advisable to always pre-soak and dried fruits.
· In addition to berries and fruits, you can use some vegetables, such as pumpkin, beets, carrots, to create raw food cakes.
