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Ingredients
- 200 g cashews (see Tips), for cashew icing
- water, for soaking
Cake
- 230 g extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for greasing
- 250 g zucchini, cut into pieces (3-4 cm)
- 200 g banana, broken into pieces
- 150 g pure maple syrup
- 100 g brown sugar (see Tips)
- 4 eggs
- 100 g milk
- 450 g wholemeal self-raising flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 60 g raw cacao powder (see Tips)
Chocolate cashew icing
- 80 g brown sugar
- 60 g milk
- 30 g raw cacao powder (see Tips)
- 250 g cream cheese, softened and cut into cubes (3 cm)
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2670.5 kJ / 635.8 kcal
- Protein
- 13.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 57.6 g
- Fat
- 38.6 g
- Saturated Fat
- 10.5 g
- Fibre
- 8.2 g
- Sodium
- 372.3 mg
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