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Raw Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream and Maca
[Vegan]

Name: Raw Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream and Maca [Vegan]
Yield: servings
Cuisine: NO info

EE By: Emily von Euw

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Recipe: Raw Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream and Maca

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Ingredients You Need for Raw Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream and Maca [Vegan]

Cake

1 cup oats
1 cup buckwheat groats
1-2 cups dates
Seeds from 1 vanilla pod

Frosting

1 cup cashews (or 1 avocado)
1/4 cup cacao
1/4 cup melted liquid coconut oil
1/4 cup maple syrup, date paste, or other sweetener
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Maca slices

2 tablespoons each of maca powder, liquid coconut oil, and maple syrup

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How to Prepare Raw Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream and Maca [Vegan]

To make the cake: pulse the oats and groats in your food processor until they are small crumbs. Add the dates and vanilla and process until it all sticks together slightly. Put in a bowl and set aside.
To make the frosting: if you're using an avocado just throw everything in and blend. If not, pulse the cashews in your food processor until they become very fine crumbs, basically cashew butter. Add all the other ingredients and blend until smooth. Put in a fridge.
Make the maca slices: blend the ingredients together then spread into a circle the same diameter as your cake. Let it harden in the fridge, this might take an hour or so.
Assemble the thing: on parchment paper, press about 1/3 of the cake mixture into a thin circle layer with your hands. You can use a pan to help you shape it or draw a circle and use that to guide you. Transfer this carefully onto your presentation plate. Spread on 1/3 of the frosting evenly. Make another layer on the parchment paper and transfer it onto the first layers of cake and frosting. Continue until you run out. Cut the maca circle into eight slices and place on top of your cake. THEN EAT IT.