Raw Baking: The best Chocolate Cake

This Raw chocolate cake is not too expensive and definitely easy to make. You can easily make it for the next day or eat it in an hour after freezing. It is not a low calorie cake (coconut oil, almonds and walnuts) but all the ingredients are natural and clean. It is a great dessert to serve for a group of health conscious  people or people who are skeptical for eating Raw foods. This will change their minds.

Chocolate Cake

base:

80g Almonds

20g Walnuts

70g dates

sea or Himalayan salt to taste

Filling:

1 1/2 avocados

70g raw cacao

50g coconut oil

100 g raw honey or raw cane sugar

1 vanilla bean or natural vanilla

pinch of sea or Himalayan salt

Soak the almonds and walnuts for at least 6 hours then drain and dehydrate them. This way they are easier to digest. Add dates and salt and blend until you have a dough. Press the dough into a small cake pan and place in the freezer while you make the filling.

Place all the filling ingredients in a food processor then blend everything until smooth. Pour the filling over the base. Set in the freezer for 1 hour or to the refrigerator for at least 6 hours. 

Raakasuklaa kakku

Pohja:

80g manteleita

20g saksanpahkinoita

70g taateleita

ripaus merisuolaa tai himalayansuolaa

Tayte:

1 1/2 avocadoa

70g raakakaakaota

50g kookosoljya

100g raakahunajaa tai ruokokidesokeria

1 vanilijatanko tai vanilijaa maun mukaan

ripaus meri tai himalayansuolaa

Liota manteleita ja saksanpahkinoita vahintaan 6 tuntia ja kuivaa ne. Nain ne ovat helpompi elimistolle sulattaa. Lisaa taatelit ja suola ja blendaa kunnes seoksesta muodostuu taikina. Painele taikina pieneen vuokaan ja laita pakastimeen  taytteen teon ajaksi. 

Laita kaikki tayteainekset tehosekoittimeen ja sekoita kunnes tayte on kokonaan pehmeaa. kaada seos pohjan paalle ja laita kakku pakastimeen tunniksi. Voit myos laittaa kakun jaakaappiin yon yli.

ENJOY!

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Chocolate Smoothie Heaven and the benefits of Raw cacao

Whenever I feel like I deserve a treat or I'm just dying to have some chocolate I make this amazing chocolate smoothie. It is ridiculously good, clean, natural and it's really good for your body (and you mind&soul hehe). 

Ingredients:

1-2 tbsp Raw Cacao powder

1 cup Almond milk

1 frozen banana

1 tbsp natural unsweetened almond butter

handful of Raw cashew nuts

a little bit of organic honey/organic agave

(flaxseed)

(I don't actually measure the ingredients so these amounts are not exact. If you like darker chocolate put more cacao and not so much honey/agave. If I haven't had my daily flaxseed I would put 2 tbsp flaxseed.)

Put all the ingredients to a blender and blend it until its smooth.

Did you know that Cacao is derived from Theobroma Cacao beans, which literally means “Food of the Gods”? Cacao contains over 300 compounds including: protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, iron, zinc, copper, calcium and magnesium. I just love the fact that it is so incredibly good for you. That's why I made a list of the benefits of raw cacao just so that we all have a good reason to allow ourselves to enjoy it every once in a while ;)

Raw Cacao benefits: 

- Rich source of antioxidant flavonoids (almost four times the amount of antioxidants in goji berries) that promote cardiovascular health and protect against toxins, improve circulation, regular heartbeat and blood pressure. They also help the body repair itself and resist free-radical toxins

- Rich source of manganese, which helps oxygenate the blood

- Rich source of magnesium, which helps to build strong bones and is a muscle relaxant associated with feelings of calmness. It also helps in balancing brain chemistry

- Rich in sulfur, which builds strong nails and hair, and promotes beautiful skin.

- Contains the chemicals phenylethylamine (PEA). PEA is an adrenal related chemical that we create naturally when we're excited. It also causes your pulse rate to quicken, resulting in a similar feeling to when we are excited or fall in love <3

- Contains lipid anandamine which is in our brain when we feel great. Anandamine is also called "chocolate amphetamine" because it works like amphetamine, increasing mood and decreasing depression. It causes changes in blood pressure and blood-sugar levels, leading to feelings or excitement.

I think its time for all of us to have a chocolate smoothie ;)

-E-