Time for cake! So I gave you guys a sneak peak at what I had lurking 'round my kitchen the few days before Xmas and now you get see the whole lot! And more!
Last year I made my first
raw christmas fruit cake and much to my
LOVE of it, this year I made it again.
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Isn't it just
beautiful? (If I dare say so myself) But this year I decided to go one step further with it so everyone could try it, and made a second lot into
tiny mini-christmas-cakes. All individually
topped with a cinnamon maple pecan. I was really happy to find that everyone liked them as much as I did (provided they were fruit cake lovers in the first place of course).
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I also tried out these babies -
Raspberry Belgium Chocolates (a recipe I got from
here) And they melt in your mouth! I do love the look of chocolate covered truffles (and go gaga over
Heather's ones) but to be honest, I don't really get alot of enjoyment out of making them. A few here and there for sure but I've got to give it to Heather - these morsels take alot of time and patience - something I didn't have alot of left come Christmas Eve when I was still in the kitchen creating all these gems.
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Then there were rows and rows of
chocolate-peanut brownies with cashew frosting...
Mini fruit mince tarts (raw too) made from an oat and nut crust and filled with an ooey-gooey-yummy-scrummy date, apple, spices, etc filling! Ooh baby! These were delicious!
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And then the Piste resistance.
RUM BALLS. Ever since I can remember I have
ADORED rum balls. Everytime I hear those tantilising words - RUM BALLS - my taste buds take me straight back to when I was younger. It was what I always bought from the bakery - any bakery, every bakery! So when I decided to make a raw version (with added rum of course) it had to be perfect!
It had to be
moist and slightly chewy... with a
cake-like texture though... a subtle
melt-in-your-mouth and
chocolate overtone with a distinct
delicious rum scent... I had a look at a recipe for some inspiration but it was so far from where my taste buds were reminiscing. I had to add some cacao, taste it... still not right, add more oat flour for the 'cakiness'... a bit of this, a bit of that, let it chill and taste again...
And Oh My Golly Golly Golly Gosh.
Ladies and gentlemen we have a WINNER! Perfection! WOW!
(I'll admitt I kept most of these babies for myself) And then I arranged all my little gems into into about a dozen different shaped and sized boxes for gifts.
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There's also
rum truffles floating in a few boxes (not raw but definatley vegan) as my sister and mother are die-hard fans and I would be beated up if I didn't make them. Not cake-like at all but imagine pure rum chocolate ganache.
They are divine. And ever so rich.
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There are also some
raw marzipan balls dusted in cacao. Here's one bigger box for one lucky man...
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So after my
smoothies, big green salads, and morning workouts, I definatley deserved to
have my cake and eat it too! Infact... I'm still eating it ;)
Whoa what a load of work you put into all of those beautiful raw treats. I just found your blog and look forward to reading through everything.
ReplyDeletePeace & Raw Health,
Elizabeth
Do you mind expanding on the Raspberry Belgium Chocolates, what did you not like about them? Were they not sweet enough? Did you use frozen Raspberries??
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