French vegan teacher, I'm making a cake for her.

Today we're making chocolate. vegan No flour, sugar, butter, eggs and even chocolate! Moreover, without baking and unnecessary intricacies. This recipe will surprise with its simplicity, and the finished cake with its unique taste. Tips and recommendations for replacement products are waiting for you at the end of the article.



This cake has an unusual, useful composition. Especially it will appeal to those who adhere to a vegan diet or trying to lose a few pounds. A great alternative to classic cakes. health-free.



Basic ingredients

• 100g dried
• 100g seedless dates
• 50g walnuts
• 100g oatmeal
• 20-30 ml of water

Ingredients for fruit and chocolate layer

• 2 medium apples + 50 g of water (290 g of puree output)
• 2 big bananas
• 45g cocoa powder (3 tbsp with slide)
• 8-10 g of agar (gelatin substitute) + 100 ml of water

Preparation of the framework

1. First, the walnuts are crushed with a knife. The pieces should be of medium size.
2. With the help of a coffee grinder, we make flour from oatmeal.
3. We wash the apricots and dates, remove the bones. Put dried fruit in a blender and add about 20-30 ml of boiled water. Grind it to uniformity.
4. Mix nuts, oatmeal and crushed dried fruits to a homogeneous mass. This will be our cake base. If you're stirring You'll notice that the mass is dry.Add some boiled water to it. The mass can be mixed with the hand to better feel the consistency.
   
   
   
5. Take a shape with a diameter of about 20 cm. We line the bottom with baking paper. On the sides of the form, you can also put inserts, for example, from dense files, to make it easier to get the finished cake.
   
   
   
6. Then lay out the finished mass in the form and form the base, having previously wetted the hands.
7. Send the form with the base to the refrigerator and proceed to the fruit and chocolate layer.

Preparation of chocolate-fruit layer

1. We cut the apples into 4 pieces. skinless. Remove the core with seeds and cut the apples in small slices.
2. Send sliced apples to the sautéin, add 50 ml of water and boil to softness for about 10 minutes.
3. Then, with the help of a submersible blender, we crush the soft apples to a state of puree.
   
   
   
4. Bananas are cleaned and also crushed with a blender. You can also stretch them with a fork.
5. Mix applesauce with banana and add cocoa powder. With the help of a mixer or a corolla, stir to a homogeneous state.
6. Now let's prepare the agar. One bag (about 8-10 g) in a small pan is mixed with 100 ml of cold water. Stir, send to the stove and bring to a boil. Boil for a few minutes.
7. Hot agar is added to the fruit mass, whipping with a corolla to homogeneity.
   
   
   
8. We take our base out of the fridge and put the chocolate-fruit mass on top.
9. Leave the cake in the fridge for a few hours, maybe overnight. However, I note that the agar mass freezes pretty quicklyEven at room temperature.
10. After our cake has frozen, it can be decorated with cocoa powder and dried fruits or pieces of dark chocolate. It's a matter of taste and imagination.

I also want to point out that agar is a great vegan substitute for gelatin. It is a thickener of completely plant origin, which is made from seaweed. Compared to gelatin, it has some advantages:

1. Agar is a stronger thickener, which gives an elastic consistency, so it is suitable even for making soufflé, jelly, jelly candies or pastiles.
2. Products with agar freeze faster and do not melt in the heat, unlike gelatin.
3. It has a neutral taste and does not smell. fitting. Gelatin, in turn, can leave a specific taste, if there is a lot of it.
4. Due to its plant origin, it is an ethical product, unlike gelatin, so it is suitable for vegan dishes.

Advice

1. To simplify the process of making a cake, you can take finished oatmeal and finished applesauce (290 g).
2. Walnuts can be replaced with any other that you like.
3. Bananas are better to take oversung, so dessert will be tastier and sweeter.
4. If you don't find agar in the store, you can take it. pectin, which is often found under the name "zhelfix". In the process of preparation, the main thing is to follow the instructions indicated on the package.

This is delicious and healthy. vegan It will surprise guests and households. No one will believe that there is no sugar and chocolate in it at all, because fruits give absolutely no sweet, moderate sweetness. In addition, the calorie content is only 136 kcal per 100 g. Not dessert, it's a find!