Chocolate Orange Cake
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Serves 6
Velvety smoothe chocolate cake, low fat.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cacao butter, melted
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup goji berries
- 2 medjool dates
- 1 orange rind
- 1 tsp purple corn extract
- 2 tsp maca
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon hemp protein powder
- dash sea salt
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- dash chilli powder
- vanilla (opt)
- 1 1/2- 2 cups water
Preparation
Melt the cacao butter or warm to soften by putting in a glass bowl over a pot of hot water. Put the blueberries followed by all the ingredients into a vitamix, except the cacao. Add 1 and 1/2 cups water to get going. Add in the cacao with the mixer running and finally add in the cacao butter. Add a little extra water if you need to and blend until smooth.
Line a bowl or dish with plastic food wrap and pour in the chocolate mixture. Cover and allow to set in the fridge. Turn out onto a plate and decorate with fresh fruits in season. You can keep this cake in the fridge and just thaw out a piece when you want it. Enjoy! It really is delicious.
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Comments
Rawsiki writes: (April 08, 2008)
Mmmm! Sounds dreamy! I like the chocolate/berry mix. The cake looks so cute and fluffy!
salmalovesyou writes: (April 08, 2008)
Sweetpea- this cake looks so awesome- very pretty :), i love that you didn’t use nuts in it, i’m definitly going to make this sometime soon
JoyceH writes: (April 08, 2008)
This looks lovely and I so much appreciate a low-fat recipe!
Could you make this w/o purple corn extract (never even heard of it) and the macca? Could I use more cacao powder in lieu of the macca?
For the hemp powder, could I grind up hempseeds in a coffee grinder or just omit that indredient as well. Maybe substitute ground flax seeds instead?
I would love to make this soon w/o special ordering anything.
Again, many thanks for this. Looks gorgeous!
JoyceH writes: (April 08, 2008)
This looks lovely and I so much appreciate a low-fat recipe!
Could you make this w/o purple corn extract (never even heard of it) and the macca? Could I use more cacao powder in lieu of the macca?
For the hemp powder, could I grind up hempseeds in a coffee grinder or just omit that indredient as well. Maybe substitute ground flax seeds instead?
I would love to make this soon w/o special ordering anything.
Again, many thanks for this. Looks gorgeous!
achin70 writes: (April 08, 2008)
Very lovely! Say, how large of a bowl did you use? :)
sweetpea writes: (April 08, 2008)
mm, size of bowl, a medium, I guess the amount of mixture is about a pint and a half. I’ve put in quite alot of superfoods as I was individualising the cake for me!! You can leave out the corn extract and maca. If you don’t have hemp protein powder you can use some pumpkin, hemp, sunflower seed or nut. Cashews work nicely. I wanted to see if I could make a yummy cake without seeds or nuts.
sweetpea writes: (April 08, 2008)
Basically, you’re making a rich fruit/cacao smoothie and adding some protein and fat to help it set.
Bonnie writes: (April 08, 2008)
This looks so gorgeous, I am going to make it today and hopefully win over my husband :)
angie writes: (April 08, 2008)
How is this lowfat with 1/2 cup of cacao butter?! :) Sounds great either way!
rawleen writes: (April 08, 2008)
Mmmm…..looks delicious!!
lollypolly writes: (April 08, 2008)
That looks absolutely brilliant – as soon as I get some cacao butter I’m making it :)
Raw_Chocoholic writes: (April 08, 2008)
Looks yummy!
sweetpea writes: (April 09, 2008)
Angie, it is relatively low fat in percentage to the other ingredients. Most rawies generally use much more to make a chocolate cake more solid whereas this is thick set. It does not have any nuts in it either and again, many raw recipes use quite a lot of nuts/seeds/cacao in the recipe. I like to do 80% fruit or veggies in my recipes and use the minimum amount of fat to bind everything together.
cheerydeb writes: (April 10, 2008)
I am loving how this cake sounds and looks! Will be making it very soon. Great cake!
lollypolly writes: (June 03, 2008)
I’m not over-reacting when I say this is fundamentally the best pudding ever! Thank you so much x
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