Strawberry cashew cream

Another of my little brothers, Llewy joined our cheesecake making team, and with him brought a high level of genius and attention to detail. Llewy made the cashew, cacao butter and strawberry cream filling. It was his idea to add the strawberries and when we tasted it we all decided that it didnt need chocolate as it was already super delicious. When Llewy was putting the cream on top of the base, he shook the pan vigorously, and initially I was like hey slow down and chill out dude until I realised that his method created an ultra smooth and even layer of cream. 

Cream filling

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1 and 1/2 cups of organic cashews soaked for 2 hours
5 or so strawberries
a few tablespoons of dark agave syrup
approx 4 tbs of melted raw organic cold pressed cacao butter
tiny bit of pink salt
blended together until beautifully smooth
spread on top of base (and put into freezer)

 

Bowls of soaking dried apricots and raisons 

activated almonds, and soaking cashews

Inspiration

Gathering inspirations from all over the place to make my mum's birthday cake. Here are a few of the most delicious sounding recipes that I found on the net
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Blackforest Chocolate Cheesecake
Raw Orange Chocolate "Cheesecake"
Concorde Grape Cheesecake with Fig and Grape Puree
Raw Chocolate Avocado Pie

Ive decided to go down the path of cashew nut cream filling using cacao butter. Noah and I went to the health food shop and bought some organic cashews and chatted to the lovely man working there about eating raw and the high food miles of ridiculous superfoods, he gave both of us a taste of his homemade flax crackers (which Noah loved) and some more inspiration for our cheesecake adventure.

When we got home from the school pick up/ organic shop mission I showed Noah some of the recipes I had shortlisted, he was totally pumped to get right into it and start making a really delicious wonder cake for our mumma. He put his apron on and we went for it.
Noah requested that we make the Purple cheesecake for his birthday in February (and got me to write it in my diary so I dont forget).

Mooseel and Sosua Milk

My five year old brother Noah wrote this shopping list. See Sosua Milk (Soya Milk) and Mooseel bars (Muesli bars). Below is his play kitchen set up in the shed next to the hay bales, perfect setting for filming a cooking demo...