Oh! Deer! Chocolates

In desperation to get a truffle to my sick toddler (its one of the only foods I can count on her eating) I decided to give my standard recipe a try without soaking the cashews  first.  I over compensated for not soaking and added way more liquid than I usually do which resulted in a chocolatey mixture too soft for a truffle but perfect for frosting (or in our case eating out of a bowl straight up). 

Raw Chocolate Frosting:

1/2 cup raw cashews

8 pitted dates

4 Tablespoons raw cacao powder

2 Tablespoons raw cacao paste (melted in hot water bath after being measured)

1 Tablespoon raw cacao butter (melted in hot water bath after being measured)

3-4 Tablespoons sweetened nut milk*

First grind the cashews to a powder. Then add all of the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve as a cake filling/frosting or on its own topped with cacao nibs.

This will yield about 1 cup.

*I make my sweetened nut milk by blending 1/4 cup almonds, 1 full vanilla bean, 2 dates, and 3 cups of water

This reminded me of the bakery cakes we would get when I was a kid that had pudding between the layers except this is way better and delicious.