Raw Date Sweets

Ingredients
- for 1 bar or 5 rolls

Base:
4 dried dates
1 tbsp crated coco
6 almonds
½ tbsp raw cacao powder

1 tsp cacao nibs

tiny pinch of salt

Directions

Blend all ingredients into a doughy consistency - hold back one date if they're very moist. A little raw coco oil can be added for moist and richness as well, but is not necessary. Chopped nuts and seeds can be be added for extra crunch.

Flavoring and variations

Chili: add a pinch of red chili powder and roll in grated coco.

Ginger: add a pinch of freshly grated ginger or a pinch of dried ginger powder.

Lime: add lime zest and a little lime juice and an extra tsp grated coco.

Chai: add tiny pinches of ground cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, cardamom, liqorice, fennel seeds and fresh or dried ginger.

Liqorice: add liqorice powder.
Chocolate: add chopped raw chocolate, roll in cacao nibs or powder.
Nuts: replace almonds with walnut, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, macadamia or other nuts, add chopped ones also and roll in chopped nuts.

Fruit and berry: add dried fruit or berries like banana, apple, pineapple, abricot, mango, cherries, blueberries etc.

Raw Blackberry and Raspberry Cup Cakes - my first ones ever!

Ok, so this is the very first time making raw cakes - and cake making is really not what I'm best at.
Measurements are potentially a bit off - I didn't write anything down going along...

Crust:
4 dried dates
2 tbsp rolled oats
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 tbsp raw cocoa powder

Blend all and shape into cup cake wrappers

Blackberry and Raspberry filling:
1 dl soaked cashew nuts
3 dl defrosted black- and raspberries - squeeze and save the juice

½ tsp soy lecithin
2 tsp agave syrup or other raw sweetener
½ tsp psyllium seed husks (optional)

Blend all and fill into crusts.

Coconut and mint sprinkles:
Dried shredded coconut
Mint leaeves

Chop, chop, chop...

Whipped cream:
½ dl soaked cashew nut
1 tbsp coconut oil
½ tsp soy lecithin
1 tbsp juice from berries
½ tsp psyllium seed husks (optional)

Vanilla - seeds or extract to taste

Blend - holding back juice gradually until smooth.
Decorate - and serve immediately.

Final decoration:
Mint leaves

Crème Brûlée with Vanilla

Ingredients:

Serves 3

3 dl of vanilla soy milk or other vegetable milk
3 tbsp of confectioners sugar
1 tsp of vanilla sugar or seeds of a quarter vanilla bean
2 tsp of corn starch

Sugar for topping


Directions:

Heat soy milk slowly. Whisk constantly from now. Shake confectioners sugar and vanilla together with a little soy milk or water. (While whisking you ask? - YES ;)) Add to soy milk. Do the same with corn starch. Add slowly little by little - still whisking. When turned to custard, pour into portion sized bowls or whatever you wanna use. Leave to cool in the fridge for at least 2 hours (- or place in the snow if you cant wait)

When cooled - and just before serving - sprinkle sugar on top and blowtorch until the sugar caramelizes.

Take care if the containers are fragile and you're using a hardware grade blowtorch like I do and you're taking pictures at the same time... or this will happen to you too: