Recipe for Chocolate Date Cake

Ingredients

• 1 whole-wheat pastry flour (cake)
• 1/2 white whole-wheat flour (cake)
• 1 baking soda (cake)
• 1/3 cocoa or carob powder (cake)
• 1/2 salt (cake)
• 1 unsweetened soy or almond milk (cake)
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons maple syrup (cake)
• 1/2 soft dates, pressed down to measure (cake)
• 1 lemon juice (cake)
• 2 flax meal (cake)
• 1 1/2 vanilla (cake)
• 1/4 almond flavoring (cake)
• 1 hot water (date spread)
• 1/2 soft dates, pressed down to measure (date spread)
• 1/2 vanilla (date spread)
• 1/4 + 1/8 teaspoon coconut flavoring (date spread)
• 1/3 pecans, chopped and roasted (toppings)
• 1/3 unsweetened macaroon coconut, toasted (toppings)
• 1/3 cacao nibs (toppings)