These wonderfully wicked treats are more cake-shaped rather than having the texture of baked cakes, nevertheless they taste delicious and are great as a snack.  To make these truly raw you will need nuts that have not been heated, boiled or steamed in the shelling process (which most companies do, even if they are called 'raw').  The best way to do this is to invest in a nut cracker and crack your own! Also the plant milk you use would need to be homemade from raw ingredients.

You will need measuring cups for this recipe, else a normal-sized mug would work well but may yield more cakes.

Nutty Chocolate Hazelnut "Cakes"
Serves 6

Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free Option

Ingredients:

2½ cups unroasted hazelnuts *
½ cup cacao powder *
¼ cup date paste (see above)
2tbsp Kara coconut milk (or any plant milk except oat milk) *
2-5tbsp agave syrup *
seeds from 1 vanilla pod *
pinch of himalayan salt *

For the date paste:

16-17 pitted dates *
8 Tbsp water *

Method:

To make the date paste, put the dates and the water in a small food processor and slowly pulse until the dates are chopped, scraping down the sides of the bowl every so often. You can then let the food processor continually chop until a liquid paste is formed, again scraping down the sides every so often (don't worry if there are a few small lumps). Do not use a food blender for this as they cannot cope with the hardness of the dates!

Place the hazelnuts in a food blender and blend until you get a coarse flour-like consistency. Stop and scrape down the sides often. Make sure you don't blend too much else you will end up with a hazelnut butter.

Using a wooden spoon, combine the hazelnut flour, cacao powder and himalayan salt in a large bowl until mixed. Add the coconut milk, date paste, vanilla seeds and 2tbs of agave syrup and carry on mixing. Add extra agave syrup if more sweetness is needed. Spoon the mixture into 6 cupcake cases, preferable silicone cases, and place in an airtight container in the fridge. Once chilled they are ready to eat.

* These ingredients are available at our store.

Please note: Daily Bread pre-packs are packed in areas that may handle dairy, nuts, seeds, soya, wheat, gluten, celery and honey.
 

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