Butternut squash Swiss roll – GAPS intro safe

Butternut squash Swiss roll – GAPS intro safe

by Marie MannNo Comments
Yes you can have cake on GAPSintro diet - this cake works on stage 3 when you have introduced eggs and nut butter successfully. If you love Butternut squash you'll love this, but careful it is so yummy that you might end up having more than you planned. GAPS intro diet is not easy but it is certainly doable and if you do it properly from the start you will enjoy food more when it gets introduced because your body does not retaliate when you have it.   Makes: full size oven tray sponge Prep time: 10 min Cooking: 10min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf) Cooling: 30min Setting: several hours in the fridge   For the sponge cake base you need: 6 eggs separate ( egg whites beaten stiff) 300g cooked/ blended butternut squash 80g cashew nut butter 1/4 tsp bourbon vanilla 1-2  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller...
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Foolproof paleo coconut cake with Stevia

Foolproof paleo coconut cake with Stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
  This has been my favourite go to recipe for several month now. I made many different variations all of which have been yummy. If you are new to baking or new to baking without sugar this is a brilliant cake to get started on. It is foolproof really, you can't get it wrong unless you burn it in the oven.   Makes: 26cm diameter flat cake 5cm deep (or 11-12 cup cakes) Prep time: 10 min Cooking: 40min Cooling time: 60-120min   Ingredients: 6 medium eggs 100g Stevia-sweet Baking Granules 1:1 60g melted Coconut oil (or Butter) 237g Coconut milk sprinkle of ground Vanilla 30g Almond flour 36g Coconut flour 170g Unsweetened desiccated Coconut 3g  Baking powder   Instructions: pre-heat oven to 180 degree celsius Beat the egg with the Stevia-sweet Baking Granules 1:1 and Vanilla mix  in the melted cooled oil until creamy add the coconut milk beat until combined mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl (sift the coconut flour) add the dry ingredients to the creamy egg mix, use electric mixer to combine fill smooth and well combined mass into buttered or lined with grease proof paper round cake tin bake for around 40min, turn tray around...
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Paleo butternut squash raisin loaf – sugar free, gluten free

Paleo butternut squash raisin loaf – sugar free, gluten free

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Originally this was meant to be a pumpkin bread, when I tried to get pumpkin I could find any - maybe pumpkins didn't do well this year and there is a shortage? Since butternut squash is similar I just used that instead. I wanted to have the cosy autumn feeling that fresh raisin bread with butter and jam gave me and my family when I was little. Around this time if year/ November yeast breads with raisins are available in every german bakery in various forms. I just made the recipe below up, it is not with yeast but it has the raisins and spices that make me feel warm.   Makes: one small tin loaf Prep time: 20 min (once raisins and butternut squash are ready) Cooking: 55min Cooling time: 60min Ingredients: 50g raisins soaked in water (and 18g amaretto- not essential), best soak for 24hours (if you like lots use more) 375g cooked butternut squash (flesh only- remove seeds and skin) 84g coconut oil melted 6 medium eggs (separately whisk egg whites) 178g Chestnut...
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Lavender lemon cake – elimination diet, free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar

Lavender lemon cake – elimination diet, free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar

by Marie MannNo Comments
Delicious way to indulge in the lavender that decorated your garden so far. All you need to do is collect the flower heads and take them of the main stem so you are just left with the loose purple bits. I have combined the lavender with lemon in this cake which is free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar, so essentially vegan. My current elimination diet is going well and I love how it challenges my food choices and make me explore new ways of cooking/ baking. You may worry that the cake will take like soap - it won't. I visited Jersey lavender farm a few years back and their cafe has lots of nice food using lavender. The plants I have in my garden now are actually from there. They thought my soil might not be suitable for the plants but they are doing really well, they have grown from small pots to huge bushy plants.   Makes: 11  8.5x4.5 mini loafs...
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Raspberry lemon cake – elimination diet, free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar

Raspberry lemon cake – elimination diet, free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar

by Marie MannNo Comments
This moist sumptuous raspberry lemon cake is free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar, so essentially vegan. I had to find a way to have cake on the mind body garden day event I was running last weekend. I am currently on an elimination diet do resolve my very long standing snotty nose and mucus production. If you have been looking at my recipes before you know I have been gluten and sugar free for quite some time- the really hard thing was giving up cocoa, cream and butter- I really like those - a lot. Eggs are hard to give up because they seem so essential for so many recipes. I was glad that I managed to find inspiration for this recipe, I have made it 3 times in the last week, one trial one real deal for the event and then another just because I like the marzipan like texture and the zestiness. If you are are worried about baking...
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