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News from Miss Best  July 2010
Hello Lovely !
 

As I mentioned in my previous newsletter it was my birthday last month. I had a wonderful and sunny day, and was treated like a true birthday princess! If you recall, I said that I was going to share the recipe for which ever birthday cake you voted on. Well, the Chocolate Torte was a clear winner (of course!) and my boyfriend, Christoffer, was more than happy to make it for me as he wanted to make me a birthday cake, and he happens to completely adore this decadent but easy dessert.

 

Miss BHe also treated me to lovely presents and a surprise picnic, so I spent the whole day eating, smiling, and feeling really rather fabulous. Here is a photo from my yummy-licious day!

 

So, as promised here is the recipe taken from my e-book Loving Life-Loving Desserts. We actually halved the recipe, which still gave us 5 portions, and served it with the divine raw raspberry sauce from my e-book, and fresh strawberries and sliced bananas. True heaven!

 

Have a fantastic week!

 

Love and Chocolate Heaven

 

Johanna xx
 
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Chocolate Torte
Taken from 'Loving Life-Loving Desserts' by Johanna Best
 
Makes a beautiful and large 24 cm diameter cake (serves 10)
Feel free to halve the recipe and use a smaller cake form.

Base
1 cup almonds
1/3 cup hazelnuts
¼ cup coconut oil
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons maple or agave syrup
3 tablespoons dried coconut

Filling
5 avocados
6 tablespoons coconut oil
1 cup dates
½ cup cocoa powder
4 tablespoons agave syrup
Generous pinch vanilla powder / 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

To decorate (optional)
Cocoa powder
Sliced almonds

Begin by making the base it is needs some time to harden. Sprinkle the coconut on to the
base of your cake tin. Melt the coconut oil. Grind the nuts together in a food processor until you get a semi-course crumb. Mix in the coconut oil, salt and maple/agave syrup and then press into the cake tin. Cover with plastic film and pop into the freezer to harden while you make your filling.

Make a paste from your dates by processing in the food processor together with the
coconut oil. If you are using dried dates, rather than fresh ones (e.g. medjool) then you
may need to add about 1 tablespoon of water to get a nice moist consistency. Spoon the
flesh of the avocados into the food mixer and give it a whizz to make the avocados nice
and smooth. Then mix in the cocoa powder, agave and vanilla until you get a smooth and
divine filling.

Spoon the filling on to the base and chill for at least one hour. Decorate with a generous
dusting of cocoa powder and and handful of sliced almonds.

You can find raw cacao powder, agave syrup and coconut oil online here:
 
Ravarubutken  Råvarubutiken (Scandinavia)

 




 

 

'Loving Life - Loving Desserts: 43 delicious, but secretly healthy, recipes to make you smile' is available from www.miss-best.com

 

 


 

 

  



 
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