By Indira Kasaeva
Published on October 22, 2015

Just a little creativity can go a long way. The Raw strawberry chocolate trifle looks amazing with the colourful layers of vanilla and chocolate mousse. Enjoy a truly guilt-free desert that will explode your taste buds.

Ingredients

1 pint strawberries

Crunchy Layer

• 1 cup pecans
• 1 tablespoon coconut sugar (granulated)
• 4 dates, coarsely chopped

Ganache Layer

• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/2 cup maple syrup or liquid sweetener of choice
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder

Vanilla “Mousse”

• 1 1/2 cup cashews, soaked until soft
• 1/4 cup liquid sweetener, I used maple syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1 vanilla bean (scrape out interior and use)

Chocolate “Mousse”

• 1 1/2 cups cashews, soaked until soft
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup liquid sweetener, I used maple syrup
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup raw cacao powder

Directions

• Place all ingredients of the crunchy layer in blender and pulse until well combined.
• Whisk all ingredients of ganache layer together until smooth and well combined.
• Place all ingredients of the vanilla mousse in a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth.
• Refrigerate until set. Make sure you give this enough time. It will take a few hours.
• Blend all ingredients of the chocolate mousse in high-speed blender until smooth.
• Refrigerate until set.

Assembly

• Slice strawberries thinly.
• Layer crunch, ganache, chocolate “mousse”, strawberries, vanilla “mousse”, strawberries, vanilla “mousse”, chocolate “mousse”, ganache and crunch.
• Alternatively you can layer any way you want.

We suggest to layer the desert into small glasses for separate servings or one bowl for a cake-lookalike.