At the weekend I got some cherries from the farmers market so for this evenings social, I made this cake with fresh cherries:
To make the base:
Put 70g of buckwheates, the mulberries and dates into a food processor and process until you have a crumbly mixture. Add a tablespoon or two of water and process again and the mixture should start sticking together. Add the rest of the buckwheaties and the cacao nibs and process briefly so that there will be some crunchy bits left. Press into a cake tin.
Fruit layer:
Take about 500g of fresh cherries, remove stones, chop into quarters and spread out on the base.
Topping:
- 2 mature (brown) coconuts
- 5 tablespoons lucuma powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar
- about 10 cherries with stones removed
- a few squeezes of lemon juice
First make coconut cream from the coconuts: open, remove flesh and chop into pieces. Blend until fluffy. Squeeze through a nut milk bag to get the coconut cream.
Stir the lucuma,vanilla powder, agave and lemon juice in to the coconut cream.
Blend up the cherries and mix them in. Hopefully the mixture should be relatively thick now (but still liquid enough to pour), if not you might need to add some more lucuma.
Pour over the cherries on the base and place in the fridge to set.
Hope you like it!
June 30th, 2009
Sometimes I hate computers! As some of you may have noticed, rawrob.com has been down for almost a week. All the posts from the last 12 months and all the images are still missing – I’ll get that sorted as soon as possible.
While you’re waiting for me to get sorted, why not try some of the new flax crackers we’ve got in the Funky Raw shop: fire flax crackers, supergreen flax crackers, raw onion, olive and basil bread and onion and vegan cheese bread, all made with sprouted seeds.
June 13th, 2009
We’ve started a new event at our house every Monday evening from 7 to 10pm, a mini social gathering where you can meet other people into raw food, plus get free advice on your diet. Jolita will be making her amazing raw cakes and you will be able to purchase items from the Funky Raw shop.
- Free raw advice / Q+A with Rob and Jolita
- Freshly made raw cake £4 a slice
- Free herbal tea
- Browse our library of raw and wild food books
- Buy from the Funky Raw shop
- Paintings and ceramics by Jolita to view and purchase
We’re just 10 minutes walk from Walthamstow Central tube/train station. If you want to attend, full details are here.
June 1st, 2009
I wasn’t sure about the usefulness of Twitter, but I was finally convinced that I should join so you can follow me: raw_rob. I’ll pass on any snippets of raw food news plus Funky Raw updates.
May 5th, 2009
I went to Wholefoods Market yesterday to check out the new raw foods they are doing (supplied by Dragonfly Wholefoods) and this is what I found:
A raw cake counter with butternut vanilla and cinamon cake, raspberry cheesecake and chocolate orange cinnamon cake plus three types of raw chocolate and white chocolate. The only problem now was which one to have, I’m not used to this much raw choice! After much deliberation, I went for the raspberry cheesecake:
It was of course delicious, I highly recommend it… now I just need to try the others.
May 3rd, 2009
The Spring issue of Funky Raw is out now, it’s a bumper 44 page issue with all the usual news, reviews, recipes, wild food, poetry, plus articles on permaculture, shamanism, training and lots more. Available as a printed magazine or download.
To give you a taster, here is my raw food resource guide to London: cafes, restaurants, shops and markets. You can download it as a PDF (762kb) or click the map below to enlarge.
If you have any updates or anything to add, please leave a comment. I already have one update: Wholefoods Market (Kensington) are now selling flax crackers, onion coriander & leek bread, raw vegan cheesecake, chocolate orange and cinnamon cake and raw chocolate supplied by Dragonfly Wholefoods.
May 2nd, 2009
Spring is here and the wild greens are back! It’s been a particularly bad winter for wild greens which makes it even more exciting to go forraging again. In the last week I’ve been picking garlic mustard, wild garlic, wild leek, dandelion, plantain, sow thistle, sheep’s sorrel, chickweed, hawthorn leaves and possibly more.
Here’s a photo I took of some sheep’s sorrel. It’s got a strong lemony taste. It’s not good to eat in large amounts due to it’s high oxalic acid content, but because of it’s strong flavour you usually only want to use it in small amounts mixed into a salad.
March 28th, 2009
In the news today, doctors calling for chocolate to be taxed like alcohol and tobacco to tackle increasing obesity levels. Of course the answer is simple, they just need to switch to healthy chocolate. And eat a healthy diet and do a bit more exercise.
March 13th, 2009
I made this for dinner and it was delicious and fairly simple to make:
Finely chop a piece of leek (about 20g) and tear up some fresh coriander leaves and marinade them in lemon juice and flax oil. (If you don’t have leek, I’m sure onion would work just as well.)
Slice some mushrooms and mix them in well.
In a seed grinder (or blender) grind a couple of handfuls of pine nuts. Then add a handful of coriander and a little water and grind until smooth. Mix this in with the mushrooms and it’s ready to eat.
January 6th, 2009
My partner Jolita is a massage therapist and she has now started offering massage from our home here in Walthamstow, East London so I thought I’d let you all know about it. Jolita does three different types of massage: Chavutti Thirumal, Deep tissue Swedish and Thai Yoga Massage.
Chavutti Thirumal (Indian Rope Massage)
This is an ancient Indian massage which originally comes from Kerala. The masseur holds on to a rope for balance while using one foot to give the massage with long sweeping strokes from the toes to the head. I’ve had this massage and it is very relaxing, recommended for a unique experience. 1 and a half hour massage: £60
Swedish Deep Tissue Massage
Harder or lighter pressure can be used depending on the clients wish. Wonderful way to relax and feel invigorated at the same time.
45 mins: £30
1 hour: £40
1 ½ hours: £55
Thai Yoga Massage
An ancient healing bodywork which combines many techines – leaning pressure, refleology, energy line work, stretching and yoga. Good for clearing all obstructions, facilitating energy flow within the body.
1 ½ hours: £55
2 hours: £70
For more information or to book a session please call Jolita on 07939 367040.
December 28th, 2008
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