By Amy Barrett @chocdaisy
A food obsessed florist, mother, wife and chocoholic currently studying nutritional medicine. Sharing the love for real food made beautiful, simple and nutritious. For more information about Amy visit: www.chocdaisy.wordpress.com
Ingredients
For the brownie
- 185g medjool dates, pitted
- 130g walnuts
- 1/4 cup almond meal
- 1/4 cup ground linseed
- 1 tsp maca powder (optional, trust me though…it’s fab with chocolate)!
- 1/4 cup oob organic frozen raspberries
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tbsp cacao nibs
- Good pinch of pink Himalayan salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla powder
For the cheesecake
- 1 cup raw cashews soaked for 6 hours
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/3 cup cacao powder
- 1/4 cup rice malt syrup
- 4 medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla powder
- tsp maca powder (optional)
- Pinch of pink Himalayan salt
Method
For the brownie
- Start with preparing your base. Line a loaf pan (22x12 cm) with grease proof paper.
- In a food processor combine the ingredients for the base reserving a handful of raspberries to press into the base. I like the odd bit of texture but it should start to stick together in the processor bowl.
- Once you have reached your desired consistency, place into your prepared tray and press in the reserved raspberries.
- Put your brownie into the fridge while you make the cheesecake topping.
Top layer (compote)
- Rinse and drain your soaked cashews
- Place them in your processor (no need to wash in between layers), with the rest of the ingredients. Process until smooth and creamy, you can also use a blender.
- Pour the cheesecake topping over the brownie and into the freezer to set, if you are wanting to eat it straight away.
- This makes quite a lot of cheesecake topping as it’s better made in larger quantities, I froze the remaining topping to use later. If not, you can let it set overnight in the fridge. Once set, slice into 9 bars and decorate with cacao nibs and extra organic raspberries. .Note: these are yummy frozen too! Sort of like an ice cream sandwich.
