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Chocolate coconut torte

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To celebrate mother';s day, our social media assistant Nav made her mum a chocolate coconut torte inspired by her mum';s favourite chocolate bar!
Ingredients
  • <p>Chocolate base:</p><ul><li>100g softened pitted dates
  • 80g oats
  • 25g cacao powder
  • 10g dessicated coconut</li></ul><p>Coconut cashew layer:</p><ul><li>65g cashews
  • 20g softened pitted dates
  • 105g silken tofu
  • 20g desiccated coconut
  • A tablespoon full fat coconut milk from a can </li></ul><p>Chocolate topping:</p><ul><li>140ml full fat coconut milk from a can (refrigerate the can for a few hours)
  • 55g your fav chocolate
  • Sprinkle of desiccated coconut</li></ul>
Instructions
  1. 1

    Base layer:

    1. Put the pitted dates in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
    2. 2
      In a blender, add oats with the softened dates, cacao powder, desiccated coconut and a few drops of water from the dates.
    3. 3
      Spread the blended mixture into your tin of choice.

    Coconut cashew layer

    1. Put the cashews and pitted dates in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
    2. 4
      In a blender, add the cashews and dates along with coconut milk, desiccated coconut and silken tofu.
    3. 5
      Pour the blended mixture over the base.

    Chocolate topping

    1. Pour the coconut cream into a saucepan on a low heat.
    2. 6
      Add in chocolate broken into pieces.
    3. 7
      Stir until all the chocolate is melted.
    4. 8
      Pour over the coconut cashew layer.
    5. 9
      Sprinkle some desiccated coconut on top.
    6. 10
      Place in the fridge until ready to eat.

    Recipe and Photography by Nav Juty

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Read it online: https://madeinhackney.org/recipe/chocolate-coconut-torte/