Clean Recipe: Raw Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Fudge Icing

I have had my eyes on a Vitamix high speed blender and have lusted over the Thermomix for awhile now. Both being fairly pricey, I knew it might be awhile until I finally got my hands on one of them!
So I did some research and came across a Vitamix-style blender - the Omniblend. It was a third of the price of the Vitamix and had some good reviews from owners. Apart from being slightly less powerful than the Vitamix, I didn't see that as being a deal breaker considering the difference in price...so I became the proud owner of the Omniblend V! I purchased it online here.
My dream is to still be a Thermomix owner, but for now, my Omniblend does the trick. I use it to blend soups, green smoothies, make almond and walnut milk, cocktails (it makes the best Margaritas!) and this fabulously delicious and decadent raw chocolate cake which I made as a birthday cake for my sister.

The cake recipe is originally from Teresa Cutter, although I slightly tweaked it. You can find the original here.
Our entire family loved this cake and no one could guess that the gorgeous fudge icing was made using avocados. It truly is amazing!!

Ingredients for the Raw Chocolate Cake

250g walnuts
250g almond meal
2 tbls of raw Cacao powder (I used Loving Earth's)
1 tbls of flax meal
1/2 tsp of cinnamom
1/4 tsp of salt
16 fresh pitted Medjool dates
Zest from one orange plus half the juice
1 tsp vanilla powder (I used Loving Earth's)

In your high speed blender or food processor, process walnuts for a few seconds. Add almond meal, cacao powder, flax meal, cinnamon and salt and process until just combined.
Add dates, orange zest, juice and vanilla powder. Process until mixtutre comes together. If you're using a high speed blender, you may need stop the blender a few times and scrape down the sides to ensure it all comes together.
Line an 8 inch baking tin with baking paper and press mixture into the tin. Cover the top with foil or baking paper and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours until cake is set. (I refrigerated mine overnight)

Ingredients for the Chocolate Fudge Icing

1/4 cup agave syrup or rice malt syrup (rice malt syrup will be less sweet)
2 ripe avocadoes
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup raw Cacao powder

Add all ingredients to your high speed blender or food processor and blend away until combined and nice a smooth. Try to resist eating in all before using it to ice the cake!

Now this very professional looking photo is very unlike my usual food photography, but I can assure that this is actually the cake that I made, photo was taken by my budding photographer brother, Brad Cook. He will hopefully be photographing more of my food for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy!