Recipe: Vegan Sandwich Cake

A close Swedish friend of mine hosted a combined birthday and house-warming party last night and made this delicious vegan sandwich cake (or  "smörgåstårta" in Swedish). It was absolutely delicious and I can't wait to try making it (an of course eating it again!)

Original recipe from here!

INGREDIENTS:
Filling: called "mom's smack"

• 150 gm solid natural tofu
• 1 small red onion, for milder flavour use leek
• 1 avocado
• 2-3 tbsp seaweed
• 50 ml finely chopped dill
• 50 ml vegan creme fraiche 
• 100-150 ml vegan mayonnaise
• lime juice (to taste) 
• salt + pepper (to taste)

Sandwich cake:

• 12 slices of brown bread 
• 150 gm vegan cream cheese
• 100 ml vegan mayonnaise
• 1 cucumber 
• handful of rocket 
• 1 lemon
• 1 lime 
• pomegranate seeds 

METHOD: 

Filling:

1. Cut tofu and avocado into 1 x 1 cm pieces 
2. Mince red onion
3. Place tofu, avocado and red onion in a bowl before mixing in red onion and dill. Mix.
4. Add creme fraiche, mayonnaise, salt and pepper and mix until all ingredients are evenly distributed. Taste and season with a little more lime juice if needed.

Cake: 

1. Slice off the crusts of the bread slices 
2. Place four slices of bread in a square and spread on the filing in a thick layer 
3. Repeat step 2 with new slices of bread + filling
4. Mix cream cheese and mayonnaise into a smooth cream and spread over the surface of the cke 
5. Set cake in refrigerator (overnight)
6. Decorate cake with sliced cucumber, rocket (arugula), lemon, lime and pomegranate molasses

 Yum... a party's not a party without cake!

 So pretty!

The inside cross section!