Cashew & poppy seed oven cakes with raspberry, pomegranate and lemongrass sauce

Total: 1 hr 10 min. | Active: 40 min.
vegetarian, lactose-free

A tower of pancake cookies for sharing! If the mere sight of these doesn't make you want to bake them RIGHT NOW, perhaps you need to get your eyes checked, haha! These cake/pancake/cookie hybrids are to die for! With the zingy sauce and the yoghurt, as well bringing a smile to your face, they will set your taste buds jumping for joy. So let's get baking!

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Ingredients

for 12 pieces

Oven cakes
100 g cashew nuts
120 g rolled oats
50 g coconut flour
3 tbsp blue poppy seeds
1 tsp baking powder
1 pinch Himalayan salt
banana, ripe
2 dl soya drink or almond milk
1 tsp vanilla paste
1 tbsp coconut oil, melted
1 tbsp linseed
2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
2 dl almond drink
Strawberry & pomegranate sauce
125 g pomegranate seeds
200 g strawberries
2 stick lemongrass
1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
50 ml water
Serving & topping
100 g coconut milk yoghurt plain
100 g berries
2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

How it's done

Oven cakes

Place the cashew nuts on an oven tray and roast for 7-10 mins. in an oven preheated to 180°C, until golden-brown. Remove from the oven, roughly chop in a food processor and place in a bowl (set aside a little for the topping). Grind the oats to a very fine, almost floury texture, and add to the cashew nuts with the coconut flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt. Mix everything together well. Finely puree the banana with the soya milk, vanilla, coconut, linseed and honey, add to the dry ingredients, mix well and stir in the almond milk at the end.

Line 2 oven trays with baking paper. Spoon 1 heaped tbsp of dough onto the trays (each approx. 1 cm thick); there should be enough for approx. 12 oven cakes.

Bake for 20-22 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180°C.

Strawberry & pomegranate sauce

Place all the ingredients in a pan, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook for 10-15 mins. until soft. Remove the pan from the heat and take out the lemongrass. Puree the sauce in a powerful blender until smooth. Push through a sieve into a container, then strain through the sieve again into a glass.

Serving & topping

Plate up the oven cakes, top with a little yoghurt, drizzle with a little sauce and decorate with the berries, pomegranate seeds and the reserved cashew nuts.

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