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Raw New Year Cake (No Flour, Eggs or Sugar)
Why it's Low GI
A showstopping no-bake layered cake built entirely from nuts, dates and fruit — no flour, eggs, butter or refined sugar. Cashew creams and coconut oil give richness while keeping it low-GI.
Method
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- Grind the walnuts and dates, mix in the coconut and press into the base of a 20 cm lined springform tin.
- Blend the chocolate cream ingredients until smooth; pour half over the base and freeze.
- Blend the strawberry cream; pour half over the chocolate layer and freeze 30 minutes (freeze the rest in a small square mould as a "gift").
- Add the second chocolate layer, freeze 30 minutes, then the final strawberry layer and freeze.
- For the fruit leather, blend the strawberries with honey, spread 2 mm thin on a tray and dry in a low oven or dehydrator.
- Cut a 20 cm circle of leather for the top; unmould the "gift" and set it on the cake, wrapping ribbon strips of leather around it.
- Blend the white cream, pipe on snowflakes and decorations, and keep chilled.
Nutrition
Per serving (est.): ~420 kcal · Carbs 40 g · Fat 28 g · Protein 8 gNutrition and glycaemic index (GI) values are estimates, calculated from the ingredients. Please double-check meals before cooking if it matters for your diet.
Tip
An involved showpiece — the original raw cake is credited to raw-food chef Dasha Svintsitskaya. Make the components over a couple of sessions.
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