Blueberry Cake (Modified into Dragon Fruit Cake)

Blueberry Cake 

(Modified into Dragon Fruit Cake) 

Original recipe taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC_Kz5DZt5M&index=7&list=PLJj06SbMAVqPv389tjtSWr9RqauGN6eKo 

Ingredients: 7 inch round cake pan

For the base:
30g almond
40g rolled oats (replaced with quick oats)
30g oil
30g dates (used around 3 honey dates)

For the filling:
150g cashew nuts
100g blueberry (replaced with dragon fruit)
130g sweetener (used 100g brown sugar; it can still be reduced further, a little too sweet for me)
200g coconut milk (replaced with soy milk)
200g water
1 1/2 tsp agar powder(there's no substitution for this as this is coagulant)
2 tbsp kudzu starch(you could use other kind of starch or even skip this. starch gives a kind of chewy texture)

200g bluberry (dragon fruit)


Instructions:

1. put all the ingredients of the base into a container of food processor and blend well.
2. put the mixture in a cake pan evenly. bake at 350F/180C for 15 min.
3. put all the ingredients of the filling together and blend with high powder blender.
4. gently heat the mixture up with low to medium heat until it thickens.
5. place another 200g blueberries on the base then pour the filling mixture.
6. leave in a fridge for a few hours.

This is a vegan recipe. The only thing I don't like about vegan recipe is that it uses a lot of nuts which makes the cost of the ingredients much higher than standard non-vegan recipes. =(

I decided to try out this recipe after watching several amazing videos done by Ryoya, the Japanese vegan guy on Youtube. No one seemed to have tried his recipe before so I decided to try it. I think his recipe is going to be too sweet for me. Luckily I reduced the sugar 30g. Yet, I think it is still a little too sweet. 

It is difficult to resist myself from getting a second bite. The crust tastes really good. The filling is special. Maybe it's a little too sweet so I don't really fancy it that much.. Overall, everything tastes like blended altogether very well. Luckily soy milk replacing coconut milk does not make the cake tastes weird. 

This cake is definitely very easy to do and low in sugar as compared to other standard recipes. However, I doubt if the calories will be lower due to the involvement of nuts.