Our Youth Cooking Class finished up their program a week or two ago and had a blast making a Chocolate Mayonnaise Layer Cake and Blueberry Tarts. After 8 weeks of cooking with veggies the participants planned out their final class and a chocolate layer cake was on their wish list!
This was no ordinary cake mind you! There was still fruit involved and the icing was not your usual refined icing sugar, sugar crash inducing, artificial die added paste. And most importantly they loved it!
After a number of skill testing activities each participant was allowed to plan different parts of the final meal. Raspberries were chosen as the topper for the cake and strawberries as the centre layer (something tells me there might be a bit of maple syrup in the mix there as well).
Putting the cake together was a fun challenge, not only with the assembly but also with the – not snacking on the berries or icing 😉
The chocolate icing is made from dates, cocoa powder, brown rice syrup and water. It comes out sweet and very chocolaty. You can find the recipe for it here.
The fanciest part of the cake decorations was the crushed rose petals sprinkled on top!
Next the addition of the raspberries …
The final shot … Yes we all find the filter effects on our program’s camera too fun to ignore 😉
The Blueberry Tarts were also a big hit with the participants. They got to decorate their own. There were also fruit smoothies and savoury snacks made to order by these amazing youth cooks!
Some other great holiday treat inspiration:
- Maria’s Barley Gingerbread
- Double Chocolate Zucchini Cake. Vegan Double Chocolate Zucchini Cake
- Mulled Apple Cider
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