The Best Dessert Ever

[light&happy]

Ok, I made this yesterday and I am proud to say that it was the best dessert that I have ever made. Try it when trying to impress a skeptical SAD friend. Now, the sauce has maple sryp in it, so you can either delete the caramel sauce, or I would make it for a SAD person, or a special occasion.

Macadamia Coconut Torte with Banana Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce

Torte

2 cups macadamia nuts
1 cup dry, shredded coconut
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp sea salt
dash of stevia
3 tablespoons agave nectar


Caramel Sauce
6 tablespoons almond or cashew butter
2 TBL coconut butter
1/2 cup maple sryup
1 TBL vanilla
3 pitted dates
1/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch of sea salt



For the tarte

mix all ingredients in a food processor. Just pilse until well blended and still a little chuncky. DO NOT overprocess. Press into 4 tarte pans, or 1 large pie or tarte pan lined with saran wrap and put into freezer until ready to use.

banana ice cream...

I do not have a chamion juicer, so I use my vita-mix with the frozen bananas and it works great.


caramel sauce

all ingredients whirled up in a vita-mix or blender!

Put the ice cream on the tarte and drizzle (or pour, like I do) the caramel on top.. It's divine!

[cassidy]

mmm... this sounds delicious!!!

[adrienne]

oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can't wait to try this!!
yummy
yummy
i've
got
love
in
my
tummy
and
i
feel
like
eatin'
this
torte!!
oh, don't mind me, i'm tired and a bit delerious :D

[light&happy]

I just realized that you could also use sliced bananas if you don't have frozen or don't want to make the ice cream. I'm going to try that tomorrow with the rest of my tarte crust.

Melissa

[adrienne]

that is a GREAT idea!
let us know how it turns out
maybe you could mash them up a bit or will that be too much like baby food??

[light&happy]

I had it today, just made lots of this slices of banana and layered it over the tarte crust, then the caramel. Just as good as the ice cream!

Melissa