my friends, I give you...RAW CAKE!!!

[JennaBoBenna]

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[HappyCat]

Mmmmmmmmm! That looks Rawsome! Save me a piece??? :p *drool*

[heabrook]

That looks so good Jenna!! Where is the recipe?? I love strawberries. :D :D

[JennaBoBenna]

hehe thanks guys! The recipe is "Strawberry Almond Cake" from Rose Lee Calabro's book Living in the Raw Gourmet (click for link to book) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570671761/sr=8-1/qid=1143678962/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1485589-4910401?%5Fencoding=UTF8)

[Mookie]

That looks delicious! Make me one for my birthday next week please :D LOL

[heabrook]

That's awesome. How long did it take to prepare?

[Secret Heart]

I'd love to see the layers....was it laborious to make?
Heather

[JennaBoBenna]

LOL @ mookie!

heabrook,
well, I had to soak the almonds overnight. So, that's like 12 hours right there! lol, but seriously now...
I think I started making it around noon. I had to soak cashews and dates for an hour for the frosting, so I put them in water while I made the rest of the cake. It took about a half hour to make the layers, and I wrapped them in saran wrap and put them in the fridge to firm up. then the frosting took a lot longer than expected. We got it realllly creamy! mmm! Then I tried putting the frosting between two layers and it wasn't firm enough, so I put the frosting(still in the blender, lol) in the fridge, and the cake layers in the freezer. After a couple hours the frosting was firmer, and so I frosted and layered up the cake and then the cake started tipping over!!(think the cake from disney's Sleeping Beauty! lol!) and then we decorated it and put it back in the freezer. So, it took a few hours...it's definitely not a cake you can just throw together :) I think next time I'll wait till the frosting is firmer before assembling the cake :D

[heabrook]

For my birthday last year, we had raw carrot cake (MMM!!) because I love carrot cake. This year....maybe Strawberry Almond Cake?? :D

Let me know how it tastes!

There is also a cake recipe in Alissa's book that I want to try.. "Black Forest" it sounds really good.

PS Will your brother eat some of the cake that you made?

[aromaticwings]

anyone got a german chocolate type cake?? Strawbery cake looks fabulous! Keep us informed on how it tases... don't have that book darn it...the one Jenna named.

[JennaBoBenna]

k guys, we couldn't wait any longer!! hehe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/JennasBucketofFun/IMG_2785.jpg

extra strawberries! mmm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/JennasBucketofFun/IMG_2786.jpg

The cake was really good!! It wasn't as cake-y as the cake we had at Cafe Gratitude, but it was still delicious! It was very heavy because of the four layers, I think next time I make a cake it will be two layers with bigger frosting layers. And I will wait for the frosting to firm up :D


PS Will your brother eat some of the cake that you made?
Maybe! I'm afraid that it might melt and get all gooshy by the time it gets to him, though. I'm definitely going to let my parents try it, they're only about 5 minutes away from where we live.

[heabrook]

The layers look really good :D I really like to serving platter that you used as well!

Thanks for sharing with us!! Happy birthday to your brother too.

[Rawmney]

Wow! Thanks Jenna. I'm getting ready to do some cake experimention and will definitely work with strawberry almond.

P.S. Love your new name! I always wondered why such a great person had such an "unusual" name.

Best,
Rawmney

[JennaBoBenna]

heabrook, thanks! lol, the serving platter is actually a salad plate! the whole set is huuuge! the dinner plates hardly fit in the dishwasher!

rawmney,
thanks :) lol, glad you like the new name! thanks for the compliment :D

[Rawkinlocs]

Now THAT looks absolutely de-LICIOUS!! *drools* :p

[JennaBoBenna]

Now THAT looks absolutely de-LICIOUS!! *drools* :p

Thanks! Lol, let's trade desserts!

[Indi]

JennaBoBenna

Your cake looks amazing!!!
Thats it!
You have inspired me!

Im going to make my first raw cake for the weekend family treat!

I will post a picture when its done! :)

[samadhisoul]

OMG, I can't stand to keep looking at it!!!!!! That is just Gorggeous!!! did you tell us how well you liked it? did it slice well? the texture looks similar to cooked, is it?
sorry--lots of questions, i know :)

[jenna rose]

Looks good, Jenna :D

And there are more pictures of it here than the other forum! :p

[English Tracy]

The cake looks fabulous. I've not seen the book in the UK. Maybe I'll search on Amazon. My non raw dh loves almonds so he'd love this, I'm sure.

Tracy

[maydolphin10]

omg yuuummm!!!!!!

[JennaBoBenna]

Indi, Thanks :) How cool! Yes, post pictures!!

samadhisoul, hehe! It was really good! My SAD parents liked it :) It was a bit heavy, but still really good. Nice and sweet :D It sliced pretty well, with the first slice, the knife stuck to the cake a little bit, but after that it was a sinch. The texture was similar to ice cream-cake! That's what my mom said it reminded her of.

jenna rose, yay! :D I like this forum better than that other one ;)

English Tracy, thank you :) You should be able to find it on amazon.

maydolphin, lol! thanks !

[lil fairy z girl]

wow that looks absolutly gorgeous. its a shame its not possible to download a slice and try it :)

thank you for the lovely pictures,

best wishes
sal
~*~*~*

ps i like your new name :)

[jagged]

wow that looks absolutly gorgeous. its a shame its not possible to download a slice and try it

The person to invent that option is going to be the most popular person around.

That would be the ultimate in uncooking - just surf around and sample the incredible foods you all create!

Oooh, where to start, where to start! :D

[samadhisoul]

Ok, with my daughter's earthday anniversary fast approaching, this cake has been ~haunting~ me, lol. BUT, I found the recipe online!!! *where's that dancing banana?*
Click here for the recipe!
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1570671761/ref=sib_rdr_prev1_260/102-9414692-8361768?%5Fencoding=UTF8&keywords=strawberry%20almond%20cake&p=S07G&twc=1&checkSum=GycFdMGyHxdFwaHPzgt7rzeRgYeWcfeyEUx%2BsGa YR9M%3D#reader-page)
If the above link doesn't work, it is on Amazon under the book-just click to search within the book.

Jenna, did you follow the recipe exactly? I ask b/c your cake looks like it is more than just nuts and dates

[JennaBoBenna]

samadhisoul,
I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I made four layers of cake instead of two. And where the recipe called for raisins, I used currants. But that's about it. :)

[JennaBoBenna]

wow that looks absolutly gorgeous. its a shame its not possible to download a slice and try it :)

thank you for the lovely pictures,

best wishes
sal
~*~*~*

ps i like your new name :)

hehe, thank you sal :)

[Lazarita]

Oh my god my mouth is watering...LOL!

[JennaBoBenna]

Oh my god my mouth is watering...LOL!

hehe, thanks Lazarita! And welcome to the forum! :)