Maple nut "cheese" cake

Ingredients

Base

• 1 cup each of unsalted walnuts and Brazil nuts, soaked in filtered water overnight
• 4 dates, soaked in 1½ cups filtered water for a few hours
• ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

Filling

• 3 cups cashew nuts, soaked in filtered water overnight, then drained
• 150 ml maple syrup
• 1 tbsp psyllium husks
• 1 tbsp lecithin granules (non GM)
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthways and seeds scraped
• 2 lemons, zested
• pinch of sea salt
• 150 ml coconut oil

Mango coulis

• 2 cups mango flesh, blended

Soaking time overnight

Chilling time 1 hour 10 minutes 

You'll need to begin this recipe 1 day ahead

Instructions

For the base, drain the nuts and dates, reserving the soaking liquid from the dates. Combine the nuts, dates and nutmeg in a food processor and blitz until smooth. Press into the base of a 23 cm cake tin. Chill for at least 10 minutes while you are preparing the filling.

For the filling, place the soaking liquid from the dates in a blender or food processor, add the other ingredients and blend until smooth. Pour over the base. Chill until set, about an hour or so but better overnight.

Serve the cake with the mango coulis.

Recipes and image from Janella’s Wholefood Kitchen by Janella Purcell, with photographs by Heath Missen. Published by Allen & Unwin ($39.99, pbk).