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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Mini black forest layer birthday cakes, gluten and sugar free with stevia

Mini black forest layer birthday cakes, gluten and sugar free with stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
This years home made birthday cake is based on one of my favourite gateaux's from my child hood. We had no family celebrations without this traditional cake from south germany. I have used the quick and easy moist sponge roulade base recipe and adapted it to be made with cocoa to form the base of my little black forrest layer cakes. This cake actually nearly never happened. I started with cracking the eggs and the 2nd last one of 6 was kind of rotten which I could only see once it had dripped into the already separated egg whites. I thought not problem I have another 6 eggs. I started over on collecting the egg whites and bam just when I nearly had it another wonky egg. I have never had doggy eggs in my entire live - how luck am I? My husband felt very guilty, he had picked those eggs up from the farm just a couple of days back. The lovely...
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Paleo Plumb Crumble, sugar free and gluten free

Paleo Plumb Crumble, sugar free and gluten free

by Marie MannNo Comments
  This is a great zesty plumb cake with crumbles on top, it is similar to the apple sauce cake. The crumbles are crunchy even thought they don't have any sugar in them at all, instead I use Stevia-sweet Baking Granules 1:1. You can use any type of zesty autumn fruit for this recipe, berries, apples, pears etc. What fascinated me about this cake was that my husband generally hates cooked fruit, but this one actually got his approval I made it twice last week. Makes:  14cm wide cake ring or cake pan Prep time: 25 min Cooking: 55min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf)   For the batter you need: 6 Plumbs de-stoned  (half cut into slices and and the other 1/2 copped into chunks) 4 eggs  Medium ( egg white beaten stiff separately) 100g Almond flour / ground almonds - mixed ground nuts work too. 40g Coconut flour 40g Coconut oil or Butter melted 1/2 tsp Cinnamon sprinkle of Nutmeg 6 tbsp  lemons juice 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1-3  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness...
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Wild Blackberry mini paleo crumbles – with stevia

Wild Blackberry mini paleo crumbles – with stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
Did you notice that along all the foot path around the country the bramble bushes a loaded with blackberries? Most of us do not realise that there is still free food growing wild  in off the beaten path. I love collecting blackberries carrying them home thinking how much money I saved by having fun searching for the best berries along my sunday walk. At this time of year i like making cakes that have seasonal fruit in them, today it is berries. You will notice that the last and the next recipe are very similar because the base of the recipe works for all kind of fruits.   Here you see the mini soufflé pots filled with the batter mass before I added the sugar free crumbles. Yes you can have crunchy, caramelised sugar fee crumbles with Stevia-sweet Baking Granules 1:1.   Makes:  4 small soufflé or muffin moulds Prep time: 20 min Cooking: 20min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf)   For the batter you need: 2 eggs  Medium...
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Paleo apple sauce cake sweetened with Stevia

Paleo apple sauce cake sweetened with Stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
The apple sauce cake is a great autumn recipe to use up spare apples. It is moist and aromatic. It keeps well in the fridge, you can reheat it to bring out the flavour. This is another recipe that is great for people new to using stevia, the spices helps disguise the slight stevia taste that is so often criticised by people expecting a total equivalent to sugar. During new apple season everyone has to make at least one apple cake. For most people apple cake and cream are like a married couple, if you don't do dairy, just whip up the thick part of some coconut milk.   Makes:  15cm diameter pan/ 3.5cm high Prep time: 20 min Cooking: 45min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf)   You need: 4 eggs  Medium ( egg white beaten stiff separately) 100g Almond flour / ground almonds - mixed ground nuts work too. 50g Coconut flour 1/2 t tsp of baking powder 40g Butter melted or Coconut oil 1/4 tsp Cinnamon 1/5 tsp Ginger 1/5 tsp of Nutmeg 6tbsp  lemons juice 2 medium size, sour apple like...
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