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**Title:** Zero-Waste Chocolate Cake Challenge
**Participants:** Sarah (Matchbox Kitchen, sustainability expert) and Alex ( opponent)
**Objective:** Make a chocolate cake with **zero waste**.
**Summary:**
* Both participants shop for ingredients with minimal packaging.
* Alex makes a vegan chocolate cake using creative substitutions (e.g., flax egg, cashew milk, melted chocolate peanut butter cups for fat and flavor).
* Sarah also bakes a cake, using some innovative techniques (e.g., toasting cake crumbs for texture, using coffee to enhance moisture and flavor).
* Despite some challenges (e.g., parchment paper usage), Alex's efforts result in **no plastic waste**, only compostable materials.
* The cakes are decorated and tasted by others, with positive reviews: moist, good flavor balance, and accomplished zero-waste goal.
**Outcome:** Alex wins the zero-waste challenge, with Sarah impressed by her opponent's creative and sustainable baking solutions.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, without opinions, with each fact numbered and in short sentences:
1. The challenge is to make a chocolate cake with zero waste.
2. Sarah, the host, runs "Matchbox Kitchen" and has led a zero-waste lifestyle for 2.5 years.
3. Sarah writes about sustainability and has another channel focused on sustainability and healthy recipes.
4. The challenge aims to minimize food waste, noting that some food waste can be composted.
5. Sarah is making a vegan chocolate cake.
6. To reduce waste, Sarah is:
* Using flax eggs instead of traditional eggs.
* Making her own cashew milk.
* Melting down mini chocolate peanut butter cups for fat, chocolate, and sweetness sources.
7. A substitution is being made for butter or oil due to packaging waste concerns.
8. An avocado-based frosting is being considered, inspired by chocolate avocado pudding recipes.
9. Parchment paper, mostly compostable, is being used to grease the cake tin.
10. The cake-making process involves:
* Sifting dry ingredients.
* Preparing flax eggs.
* Mashing ripe bananas.
* Making cashew milk.
* Melting chocolate peanut butter cups.
11. To add texture, toasted, crumbled cake domes are being used.
12. Coffee beans, previously purchased, are being used to make a coffee to brush on cake layers for moisture and flavor.
13. Instead of a disposable piping bag, an offset spatula is used for decorating.
14. The cakes are being evaluated for texture (dense or dry) and taste after completion.
15. Taste testers are trying the cakes to provide feedback on taste and texture.
16. One participant successfully created no plastic waste, with only compostable materials in their trash.