Food and Travel Magazine | Whole mandarin cake with poppy seed icing

Ingredients

• 80g dried coconut shavings
• 180g whole mandarins (approx. 2 mandarins), unpeeled
• 280g coconut nectar syrup
• 100ml extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to grease
• 1 1/2tsp apple cider vinegar
• 2tsp vanilla bean paste
• 1/2tsp salt
• 230g plain white spelt flour
• 7g baking powder
• 3/4tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 5g homemade mixed spice (see recipe below)
• passion fruit pulp, edible
• flowers or dried orange slices, to top
• 150g raw cashews
• 80g coconut nectar syrup
• 50g cacao butter, shaved
• 50ml water
• 15g extra virgin coconut oil
• 2tsp lemon juice
• 1tsp vanilla bean paste
• 3tsp poppy seed