Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Apple cinnamon cake

This cake is super moist, light and delicious!
                                                                                       Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup Almond meal
1/4 cup Coconut flour
1/4 tsp Sea salt
2 tsp Baking soda
1 Tbsp Cinnamon
4 Apples
1/2 cup Honey
4 Eggs
1 Tbsp Lemon juice
1 Tbsp Vanilla extract
1 cup Coconut milk
1/4 cup Coconut oil melted
1/2 cup Walnuts





Directions:
Preheat oven at 350F.  Grease a 8'x4' round cake pan.
Peel apples and cut into small pieces, put them into a bowl and add 1 tsp of cinnamon, 1 Tbsp of honey, 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 1 Tbsp of lemon juice, mix everything and set aside.
In another bowl mix all dry ingredients and walnuts, set aside.
In another bowl whip together eggs, vanilla extract, coconut oil, coconut milk, lemon juice and honey.
Add apples to dry ingredients then add the liquid mixture and mix throughly.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes.
Cool completely before remove from pan.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Chocolate Pistachios torte

Ingredients:
1 cup Pistachios chopped
1/2 cup Cocoa powder
1/3 cup Coconut flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
6 Eggs separated
1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
1/3 cup Coconut oil melted
2 tsp Vanilla extract
3/4 cup Honey
1/2 cup Hot fresh brewed coffee (unsweetened)

Directions:
Preheat oven at 350F grease a 10'' round cake pan or 2 8'' round.
In a mixing bowl mix cocoa powder, coconut flour, corn starch, salt, baking soda, 1/2 cup of pistachios and chocolate chips.  Set aside.
In another bowl whisk egg yolks with vanilla extract and honey.
Into a bowl of an electric mixer whip the egg whites with cream of tartar until foam picks.
Add egg yolk mixture to dry ingredients, stir until smooth, add oil and coffee mix throughly.
Fold in the egg whites and pour into prepared pan and sprinkle with the rest 1/2 cup of pistachios.
Bake at 350F for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool completely and decorate with fresh strawberries.

Strawberries...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!



















Strawberries dipped into dark chocolate... yum yum!

Carrot Cake




















Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups finely grated organic Carrots
1 1/2 cups Almond flour or meal
3 Tbsp organic Coconut flour
1 cup Walnuts or pecans chopped
2 tsp Baking soda
1 Tbsp Cinnamon ground
1 tsp Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Sea salt
4 large eggs
3/4 cup Honey
Zest of 1 lemon
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 cup Coconut oil melted

Directions:
Mix all dry ingredients including the shredded carrots and 1/2 of the nuts, set aside.
Whisk all liquids and extracts.
Pour liquid mixture over flour mixture, stir until mixture becomes smoothes.
Pour into 8'' round pan sprayed with canola oil or other non stick spray.
Sprinkle the rest of the nuts over the batter.
Bake at 350F for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool completely.
Sprinkle with some cinnamon and drizzle with melted dark chocolate..... Enjoy!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Coconut Cake













Ingredients:
1/2 cup almond meal or blanched almond flour
1⁄2 cup coconut flour
1⁄2 cup shredded coconut

1 lemon zest
1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt
4  eggs
1⁄2 cup coconut nectar or honey
1⁄2 cup coconut oil 

2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup coconut milk



Directions:
Grease a 8’’ round pan with or cover with parchment paper
Preheat oven at 325F
Mix all dry ingredients, shredded coconut and lemon zest, set aside.
Whisk eggs with vanilla extract, lemon extract, coconut oil, honey, lemon juice and coconut milk.
Add flour mix to liquid mix.
Pour in pan and bake at 325F for about 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool completely. 

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Paleo Crackers


Everybody knows that going paleo means eliminating all grains including rice, sugar and dairy products.
After a few weeks of eating paleo I have more energy, feel healthier and happy, only one problem... I'm craving pizza, bread, cakes and salty snacks, that's how I discovered this easy and delicious recipe!


Ingredients:
1 cup Almond meal 
2 Tbsp Coconut flour
1/4 tsp Sea salt
2  Egg whites
1/2 tsp Herbes, dry oregano or basil (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven at 350F
Mix all dry ingredients, then add the egg whites.
Form a ball. Roll out a portion of the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper very thin.
Remove the top piece of parchment paper. Take a pizza cutter and score rectangles on the dough.
Place dough/parchment paper on a cookie pan in oven and bake at 350F for 10 minutes.
You may want to check every 5 minutes until the crackers are lightly browned but not burnt. Sometimes I remove the browned ones and then stick the rest back in the oven to keep baking.
Place the crackers on a counter top to cool.
Enjoy!