Raw cheesecakes and other no-bake dessert concoctions were the first ever things that I created for Charley’s Health right back when I was starting out creating chaos in my mum’s kitchen at home. Luckily, we had a big American style fridge freezer because the freezer was constantly jam packed full of various different sweet treats! I don’t know exactly what it is, but I’m just so obsessed with dessert making and love experimenting with different flavours and ideas! What I really love about raw desserts, is firstly that there’s obviously no baking involved, so you can test everything as you’re going along and have a pretty good idea of how things are going to turn out. I wasn’t always the best baker (this has luckily now vastly improved) so no-bake recipes were my forté. 

I also think it’s really interesting how you can whip up such beautiful, decadent desserts from a few basic ingredients like cashew nuts and coconut oil. Years ago, I don’t think I would have believed people if they told me the kinds of things that these cakes were made from! With that all being said, it’s been a little while since I’ve dabbled in the raw cheesecake making game; so I thought it was high time that this changed! 

This cake looks rather faffy and complicated, but honestly once you get used to the general gist of making them, it’s fairly straight forward. To create the incredible colours and add the vibrant berry flavours, I’ve used a variety of Arctic Berries powders, which are wild freeze dried powders that you can easily add into smoothies, porridge and homemade snacks like energy bites.