Can something as sinful as a chocolate cake be sin-free? Well, the food angels gave this cake a healthy twist. Chocolate may be the "food of the gods", but for most of its 4000-year-old history, it was actually consumed as a bitter beverage rather than as a sweet edible treat. Anthropologists have found evidence that chocolate was produced by pre-Olmec cultures living in present day Mexico as early as 1900BC.
Being dairy-free, this luscious cake is suitable for those with lactose intolerance (an inability to digest milk sugar, lactose).
There is evidence that the Aztecs made peanut butter as early as the 14th century. They simply mashed up roasted peanuts. In the late 1800s, a number of people experimented with the making of peanut butter, such as John Harvey Kellogg (inventor of Cornflakes) and George Washington Carver (famous botanist and inventor).
Scientifically known as Juglans regia, the English walnut most likely originated in Asia Minor. Both Greeks and Romans cultivated it; and walnuts were among the foods hastily abandoned on the table in Pompeii's Temple of Isis on the fatal 24th of August when Mount Vesuvius blew its top.
Topped with peanut butter and walnuts, this cake compliments your protein intake. Say hooray to Omega-3 from the walnuts.
While the origin of the passion fruit is unknown, it is generally believed to be native to Brazil where 16th century Spanish Catholics named it "flor de las cinco ilagas" or "flower of the five wounds" after its distinctive purple flower. Today about 400 years later, passion fruit is grown nearly everywhere in the tropical belt. Enjoy this for tea with passion fruit citrus tea...ooolala...
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