Almond and Coconut Cookie Dough Cake! For those indulgent moments we all need sometimes!
I don't make deserts and sweets much but I had been eager to make an indulgent looking cake since my birthday, so this is my real birthday cake so to speak and only about a month late! Biting into the this sort of reminded me of the days when I used to buy Ben and Jerry's cookie dough ice cream, the texture was also somewhat like a cheese cake. But trust me this one beats all of those hands down and no diary or gluten involved! And so Healthy Too!
I just love raw deserts because you receive the maximum benefits from the ingredients, there's no worrying about burning the cake in the oven. It keeps for ages because you have to freeze them and they are a great chilled treat in these hot months.
This is my own recipe idea, maybe someone has done it before me, I don't know. But I hate following recipes simply because I end up not following it properly somehow, getting the order wrong or missing an ingredient. Something happen's to me when I read and then have to create, the messages get lost unless I'm checking it a hundreds times over and still something is likely to go awry.
Ingredients
150g Almonds
200g Dates pitted
75g Almond Flour
2 tbsp ground Chia seeds
3 tbsp Cacao or Carob
1 tbsp Coconut Syrup
1 tbsp Coconut Oil
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Middle Layer: Almond Butter
Top Coconut Cookie Dough Layer
x 5/6 Frozen Bananas
75g Coconut flour
2 tbsp Coconut shavings
2 tbsp coconut syrup
1tbsp Coconut oil
Garnish
75g Cacao butter
5 tbsp Carob or you can use Cacao instead
Alternatively buy a pre made chocolate bar to create the shavings from that.
Method
I like how with raw deserts, it generally requires very little elbow grease, NO beating or stirring, all you need is a food processor
If you follow the pictures above you can see visually the order to help you...
- Start with the base first, grind the nuts and then add the dates
- Make sure to pit the dates if you use ones with a stone, unlike me who forgot, and you will wonder why the food processor sounds like its a rocket about to take flight! thankfully it doesn't grind the stones, so I managed to pull them out!
- Then I added the rest of the dry ingredients, then the wet
- Add to lined cake tin and press down mixture firmly with back of the spoon, you can also cover with grease proof and go around with a bottom of the jar to flatten it further and even it out.
- Add a a layer of almond butter to the base.
Pop in the freezer for a bit whilst making the coconut cookie dough topping
And take your pre-frozen bananas out and add to food processor
Then add the coconut oil and the rest of the dry ingredients
Take the base out of the freezer and add the Coconut cookie Dough mixture
Freeze again before adding the shavings and thaw a little before serving!
Waiting for it to the thaw can be the hardest part, it totally depends on what texture you like it. In all honesty I think its better to wait until the topping is soft like a cream but I often don't make it to that stage due to the fact I just want to devour it straight away. Raw deserts definitely challenge you to have a little patience if you want to have the ultimate indulgent experience!
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Just great! :)
Delicioso! Realmente lograste antojarme con esta torta. Yo no supe que fue tu cumpleaños , Feliz cumpleaño atasado y mismejores deseos!
This looks delicious and you certainly caught my attention at the Ben and Jerry's bit! I used to love cookie dough for that soft chewy crunch. I shall be trying this recipe very soon! Thank you so much for sharing this it really does look devine 😊xx
Thank u for the lovely comment. If u try it u probably want to add more coconut shavings for extra chewyness also somehow combined with the almond butter it creates the effect.
This is magical sweetheart!! Wish so badly I had one piece right now!! What a perfect birthday cake you have made!! I am a huge fan of raw cakes as you probably know by now, I just had one mini cupcake that I will share the recipe from as soon I have taken the pictures! Luckily I made many of them because I already had 2 of them today lol!! So tempting with raw cakes;)
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Can wait to see those cupcake
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Now they are up;)
this looks delicious, I would really like a piece xx well done x
Oh my ... this looks incredible! 😍I'm always amazed by the recipes you come up with, @celestialcow.
Yikes, this looks unbelievable...I can taste it through the computer lol! Well done, and Happy Birthday (late) to you! Definitely the kind of cake I would want for my birthday!
Oh man, I may have the savory taken care of but I would love a slice of this to finish out my meal! I think I'd have a hard time letting it thaw before I ate a slice, too! 😂
Absolutely to die for my Dear.....well done. I only wish I could have a piece and I love how you shaved the chocolate 🍒 🍌🍑🌿🍍🍓🍇
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Thanks Lena I'm sending you a virtual belated bday piece right now!
That is so sweet of you, thank you so much and always a pleasure 🍓💚🍓
CONGRATULATIONS! A WELL-EARNED AWARD!
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Oh wow I love Bonus prizes... Thanks :)
You are very welcome 🌸💖🌸
This is so dreamy. I just love how it could fool so many people. They would never know that it was raw and vegan.