No-Bake Strawberry Couscous Cake
Recipe: #3642
December 22, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Strawberry, Brunch Picnic, Romantic Dinner, Valentine's Day, No Eggs, Vegan, Vegetarian, more
"This recipe was featured in the February/March 2010 issue of Austin Vegetarian Living. It was submitted by guest author Mary Olivar, Healthy Eating Specialist for the Whole Foods Market flagship store. She says that this appealing easy no-bake cake rivals strawberry shortcake."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (130.1 g)
- Calories 131.6
- Total Fat - 1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 49.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 26.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.7 g
- Sugars - 8.1 g
- Protein - 4 g
- Calcium - 75.4 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 26.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a saucepan, combine couscous, amasake, water, juice, and salt, and heat and stir for 10 minutes, or until couscous swells and becomes soft.
Step 2
Add vanilla.
Step 3
Pour into cake pan, smooth the surface, and add topping.
Step 4
Arrange strawberries on top of cake artfully.
Step 5
Dissolve kudzu in juice, add lemon peel, heat and stir until it thickens.
Step 6
Add vanilla.
Step 7
Pour over strawberries and cake.
Step 8
Let cool for an hour in the refrigerator before serving.
Tips
No special items needed.