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Permalink Reply by Susan on July 23, 2010 at 1:01pm

what about bought raw chocolate? it looks like chocolate so would satisfy the visual aspect too.

i did one of Sarmas recipies, very rich cake, but i would leave out the maca, i think it tastes too radishy for newbies. with three layers, (ill post up page number when i get home from work)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raw-Food-Real-World-Recipes/dp/0060793554/r...

the thing was when id had enough of cake, i re mixed it , rolled it into balls with coconut around the outside, then when id had enough of them i flattened them and dehydrated them into biscuits

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Permalink Reply by Susan on July 23, 2010 at 2:26pm

Also have you looked on the home page, theres some lovely looking cakes on there

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on July 23, 2010 at 5:21pm

Many thanks for the suggestions, Susan :)
I love raw chocolate too (especially Conscious Chocolate :) but unfortunately, even raw chocolate still contains caffeine which it is really best for her to avoid at the moment. Did the cake recipe from the book you recommend contain raw chocolate?
At the moment, I have suggested a simple carob mousse for her to try (http://thepurebee.blogspot.com/2010/05/raw-carob-mousse-recipe.html - she doesn't have a dehydrator, and is reliant on hubby making things so it can't be too complex!) but any other suggestions gratefully received :)

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Permalink Reply by Susan on July 23, 2010 at 11:51pm

sorry i didnt realise.
the recipie i was refering to is actually in David Wolfe and Shazzies book Naked Chocolate. page 150

i thought i was going mad when i couldnt find it in Sarma's book, and i got the wrong book by Sarma anyhow :-Z

but reading sarmas book she says that the cacao can be replaced with carob but use less sweetner like agave in the recipie.

the base was carob so you could role that up into balls and coat in coconut

1/4 cup carob powder
2 cups pecans (dry)
20 black mission figs soaked in water fo r4 - 8 hourse
pinch of sea salt
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of allspice.

grind nuts to a powder, with the spices, salt and carob powder. Add this to the food processor wtih most of hte figs and processuntil they have broken down. add the rest of th efigs one by one as your processing to get a hard dough-like consistency.



i havent tried just the base on its own as i made the whole pie., put less figs in so the mixture isnt so hard.

you may be interested to know that i have some carob nectar which i got from detoxyourworld.com

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on July 24, 2010 at 10:18am

Many thanks for that, Susan :) Looks fab. I will get myself some figs this afternoon and try it myself :)
Have a lovely weekend.

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