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Raw Apple Carrot Cake

A light, raw cake using lucuma and raw cacao to create a delicious sweet caramel flavour.  Instead of using a large cake tin you could press the mixture into individual moulds.

Raw Apple Carrot Cake

Overview

 

Serves 10-12

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Chilling time: 1 hour

 

What’s Good About It?

Naturally sweetened with fresh and dried fruit this cake is perfect for when you crave something sweet. Lucuma is a delicious natural sweetener and a great prebiotic to support healthy gut flora.

Did You Know?

Any nuts can be used in this cake – cashew nuts and almonds would work well. You could add a little vanilla or chocolate protein powder to the mix to increase the protein cake.

Ingredients

 

2 carrots, grated

2 apples, grated

115g pecans, finely ground

85g desiccated  coconut

2tbsp lucuma powder

2tbsp raw cacao powder

½ tsp ground cinnamon

Pinch of salt

150g raisins

60g dried apple, soaked for 15 minutes

60g dates, soaked for 15 minutes

1 whole orange, peeled

Instructions

 

Instructions

 

  1. Finely grate the apple and carrots. Place in a large bowl with the nuts, lucuma, cacao, cinnamon, salt and raisins.
  2. Drain the dried apple and dates and place in a blender with the orange. Process to form a paste.  Add to the nut mixture and combined thoroughly.  Place the mixture in batches in a food processor and pulse to form a wet dough.  Do not over mix.
  3. Press the mixture into a greased, lined 20cm (8inch) cake tin and chill for 2-3 hours before serving.

 

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