Raw Valentine’s Fig and Banana Cheesecake
Bars and cookies, Cakes, Desserts, Paleo, Vegan
A lot of the time my inspiration for food comes from looking at what we have and making it become something else… this was one of those. After a batch…
You might be reading this in the future when we can get out to the shops more easily that we can now but if you’re reading this as I post it we’re finding we can’t stock our cupboards the same way as we’re used to doing. But regardless of the week, we always have dry chickpeas and I sprout a batch each week – it’s very easy to do and makes the more easily digestible for lots of people. Also, it feels like free food when they grow!
Top tip: if you’re reaching into your pantry and subbing cake ingredients from what you normally use, baking it in a dish and scooping it out, or making individuals in ramekins rather than turning it out into a plate makes any cake much more forgiving. So try doing it like that if you’re not sure how your substitution will go.
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This chocolate chickpea cake was made in just a few mins in a blender while we made lunch last week, it really is so easy.
Chocolate Chickpea Cake
Makes an 8-10″ thin cookie style cake
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas they dry out quickly after cooking so add a splash of water if they’re not just cooked. if they are from a can, then there's no need to cook them.
- ¼ cup honey go for more for a "normally" sweet cake
- 2 eggs or egg substitute
- ½ tsp vanilla paste or extract
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup Oat Flour or any nut flour
- Pinch salt
- Chocolate buttons or chunks
Instructions
- Put the chickpeas in the blender and blend them until they are as smooth as they’ll go.
- Add the honey and vanilla and blend again, then the eggs.
- When all of that is combined, add in the dry ingredients and blend just enough to incorporate it all.
- Spread into a 8-10” cake tin/skillet/dish and add 10ish chocolate buttons on top or some chocolate chips or chunks. Or leave them off, it’s flexible!
- Cook about 20 mins on 150C/350F or until it’s just firm to the touch.
- Eat warm or let it cool. ?? ✨
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