A Midsummer Night Delight

A recipe inspired by my love of tasty treats and the bagfuls of juicy blackberries I picked up by the river, coping with the hot sun, unfriendly bugs and tangles of sharp thorns and stinging nettles. To cut it short, that's an all-burned, bitten and scratched yours truly in tatters who thought her hard labour deserved two treats in one. That's how I came up with the heavenly idea of combining my brownie recipe with my chocolate pie recipe. The result turned out so divine I had to share it with you (I mean, the recipe, no point in licking up your screen!).

Ingredients

Serves 8:

Cake

- 450 g sweet potato
- 15 fresh dates
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoon raw cocoa powder
- 70 g ground almond
- 60 g oatmeal
- 1/2 teaspoon salt

Topping

- 225 g cashews
- 80 ml water
- 60 g coconut oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tbsp raw cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp agave syrup
- ¼ tsp vanilla powder
- 100 g blackberries
- chocolate chips

Instructions

Make cake: peel the sweet potato, cut it into pieces and boil for about 15 minutes. Drain and purée.

Pit and cut dates in small pieces and mix with 6 tablespoon of water. Add sweet potato purée, vanilla and cocoa.

Grind oatmeal to make flour. Add ground almond and salt and add to dough.

Transfer to a square baking pan lined with baking paper. Bake 40-50 minutes at 180°C.

Mix all the ingredients for the topping and process to a thick smooth dough.

Remove cooled cake from pan and arrange on a serving plate. Cover with topping before it hardens and smooth with a spatula.

Decorate with fresh blackberries and sprinkle with chocolate chips for crispness.

Allow to chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours before serving. Tastes even better if you can wait overnight.

NOTE: Also tastes great with gooseberries and why not try with raspberries or other berries which generally blend well with chocolate.

I haven't tried it yet, but it would be nice to bake the dough in muffin pans to make cupcakes and use a pastry bag to arrange chocolate cream on top.

© La Pensine Mutine. All rights reserved. Reproduction prohibited.

Share: