Becci’s Raw Vegan Birthday Cake Recipe (finally!) and Pineapple Sorbet.

Friday night we went to a friends house to watch movies and eat pizza, but I made myself some veggie pasta before we went, and Pat made me an apple juice to take, but we spilt it all over the kitchen before we even had a chance to drink it So I had to content myself with my bottle of water. But hey, I also made myself some pineapple sorbet with some frozen pineapple. Remember I made Banana Soft Serve? Well I thought I could try it with some other frozen fruit so this time rather than using my food processor, I decided to try my Champion Juicer which has a homogeniser setting. It worked amazing! (bit messy tho!). Can you believe that is ONLY frozen pineapple?

Juice of 2 oranges, 3 lemons, 1 apple, then blended with 3 kiwis, an avocado and frozen pineapple. So refreshing.

It is getting so hot here not that getting out to walk is silly between 8am and 5.30pm as I discovered yesterday when I took Lucy out for a morning walk at 8.30am. I didn’t walk the whole 6km circuit of the golf course, as I was feeling it and when I got Lucy home, she was VERY thankful for it.

Speaking of pets, I also have a cat Sam, and he lived here before Lucy moved in a few months ago, and he has been spending less time at home and more time in the dirt and at a friends house (even in the heat). I fear that Lucy (very jealous) is pushing Sam out of his home. I have been reprimanding Lucy when I am home and if I see her barking at Sam as he comes in the cat door, and it has helped slightly, with Sam coming home every night for dinner, and sometimes sleeping all day on the couch, but I need some more hints on how to make Sam feel like this is his house too. Or is this just a male cat thing?

Becci’s Raw Vegan Birthday Cake
Bottom Layer
4 peeled bananas
2 cups of dates soaked for 20mins
1 cup of walnuts soaked overnight, rinsed
2 cups of carob powder
1/2 cup of water

Cream Layer
2 cups of macadmia nuts (soaked overnight)
1 cup of brazil nuts
1 cup of water
Juice of 2 lemons
150g of dried apricots
2 tablespoons of raw honey (or enough to taste sweet)

Puree all in a high speed blender until creamy

Top Layer
1 banana peeled
3 avocados pitted and peeled
1 cup of dates, soaked for 20 mins
2 cups of carob powder/ 1 cup of carob syrup
1 cup of brazil nuts
2 cups of raw cacao powder
handful of almonds

Frosting/Icing
3 avocados
1 cup of dates
1 cup of carob syrup
1 cup of raw cacao powder

Blend until combined. Spread on top of completed cake. YUM