Chocolate Raspberry Birthday Cake

CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY BIRTHDAY CAKE
(recipe and instructions from Rebekah)

CAKE:
The base of the cake was Mennonite Girl's Can Cook Black Bean Brownies (also found here: http://cookingwithcandyce.blogspot.ca/2011/12/chocolate-black-bean-brownies.html):

Make three batches in cake pans and set them aside to cool.

FILLING (for between the cake layers):
Heat raspberries in a sauce pan. Add a little flour to thicken them into a glaze.

ICING:
Soak two cups of raw cashews in water for 4 hours.
Put the cashews in the blender and add just enough water so that the cashews are not quite covered.
Blend into a thick icing-like paste.
Then mix in: Vanilla cocoa powder and enough sweetener to balance out the bitter chocolate.

Once everything has cooled and thickened, put it all together! The icing helps keep the brownies nice and moist!

And there you have it! Yay to black bean brownies and yay for healthy creamy icing!