Foodie post: Raw vegan cake

I. LOVE. FOOD. I really do, so the post about food was inevitable :D To add on, I have a huuuge sweet tooth, you name a dessert, and there is a 95% I'm going to like it. Unfortunately, sugar is the 'poison' of our food, refined sugar, that is, but lucky for me, I'm also a passionate fruit lover and fruit is the healthy kinda sweet, we all know that. In the healthy spirit of my 20th b-day, I present to you  THE RAWESOME VEGAN CAKE. This cake is gluten-free, diary-free and most importantly, sugar-free. I'm not saying that you can eat the whole cake, It is still pretty dense (because of cashews, bananas and dates),  but a slice or two are totally guiltless! ;)

I found the recepie on Pinterest (I probably spend too much time on Pinterest lately, seraching for recipes) and it belongs to the awesome blog called This rawesome vegan life . I am not a vegan, but I like to try all kinds of healthy recipes.

Banana berry ice cream cake:

10 strawberries for outside, cut in half

Vanilla ice cream cake layer: 

2 cups cashews

2 bananas

1 cup dates

1/4 cup melted coconut oil (warning: coconut oil has a really strong taste and if you don't like it, I recommend substituting it for another kind of oil or butter)

Seeds from 1/2 vanilla pod (or 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract)

Vegan milk or coconut water, as needed 

Berry layer: 

1 cup frozen blueberries

1 cup frozen strawberries

1 cup fave vegan milk or coconut water, use as needed

1 cup dates, walnuts or another banana 

To make the first layer: place the halved strawberries around the edge of a spring form pan. Set aside. Now blend all the vanilla ice cream cake ingredients together until smooth, adding as little vegan milk or coconut water as possible (I used about 1/4 cup?). Spread into the bottom of the pan, this should press the berries to the inner edge. Put in the freezer.

To make the berry layer: blend it all up until smooth. Carefully spread over top of the vanilla ice cream cake layer and put in the freezer for about 2 or 3 hours, until it's set. Then cut and serve with other berries! Let it soften a little before eating, because it makes it creamier.

I used almond milk, since is my favourite, I also reccomend trying millet and oat milk

 Ready for the freezer.

Let it soften for about 30-45mins after putting it out of the freezer and serve with blueberries <3

Bon appétit!