Dark and White Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients

To make date paste

100g pitted dates
250ml water

For the base

150g brazil nuts
50g date paste (see above)
pinch nutmeg

Coconut milk

150g / 6oz desiccated coconut
1 litre / 1¾ pints warm filtered water

Dark Choc filling

100ml cacao butter, melted
25g carragheen (Irish moss), washed in a little water until soft
150ml coconut milk
250ml coconut milk
6dsp date paste
6dsp raw cane sugar/agave or to taste
6dsp cacao/cocoa powder
2dsp vanilla
pinch of Himalayan salt
2 dsp lecithin

White Choc filling

25g carragheen (Irish moss), washed in a little water until soft
150ml coconut milk
200ml coconut milk
6dsp raw cane sugar/agave or to taste
2dsp vanilla
1tsp lemon juice
2dsp lecithin
100ml cacao butter, melted

Method

1. Soak the dates in water overnight. Blend until smooth. Leave aside.

2. In a food processor using the ‘S’ blade grind the Brazil nuts until they resemble breadcrumbs.

3. Add some of the date paste and nutmeg.

4. Press down into a large cake tin or some smaller ones.

5. To make the coconut milk put the coconut into a blender with half the filtered water and blend until it becomes a smooth cream. Add the rest of the filtered water. When the coconut is blended, strain through a muslin bag. Leave aside.

6. To make the Dark Choc filling melt the cacao butter in a bowl over a bowl of very hot water. Leave aside.

7. Wash the moss then blend with 150 ml coconut milk until it is completely blended.

8. Then add 250ml coconut milk, date paste, raw cane sugar, cacao powder, vanilla, salt, lecithin and the melted cacao butter. Blend and pour or spread onto base.

9. Leave in a freezer or fridge until set.

10. To make White Choc filling blend the moss with 150ml coconut milk until it is completely blended. Add 200ml coconut milk, raw cane sugar, lemon juice, salt, lecithin and melted cacao butter.

11. Blend. Pour or spread over the cake and leave in a fridge to set.

12. When set, decorate and serve.

Recipe courtesy of Veronica O’Reilly, Healthy Habits Cafe, Wicklow Town www.healthyhabs.com

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