Chia, Date and Walnut Fridge Cake
One word, delicious.
Servings: 16
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups porridge oats
- ⅔ cup walnut pieces
- ⅓ cup desiccated coconut
- ⅓ cup white or black chia seeds
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder sifted
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 425 grams dried dates pitted and chopped
- 1 tsp icing sugar to dust
Instructions
- Lina a 20cm square cake tin with clingfilm. In a food processor, blitz oats, walnuts, coconut, chia seeds, cinnamon, cocoa powder and vanilla extract to a powder.
- With the motor running, add the dates, a few pieces at a time. Continue to process until the mixture starts to come together.
- With clean hands, bring the mixture together completely (add 1-2 teaspoons cold water if it's still a little crumbly), then press it evenly into the tin.Press down firmly with the back of a spoon to smooth the surface, then cover and chill for at least 30 minutes until firm.
- Dust the cake with icing sugar, then lift out of the tin and cut into 16 slices. The cake will keep covered on the fridge, for up to 2 weeks.