100 percent Chocolate Coconut Manna Confect with Coconut Shavings

100 percent Chocolate Coconut Manna Confect with Coconut Shavings

by Marie MannNo Comments
        A little experimentation making confect with my favourite ingredients: 100% Chocolate, Coconut, Coconut Manna and of cause Stevia-sweet extract. I'll keep this post short and sweet as the making of these treats is very simple, all that is required is a little patience during setting time. Coconut Manna is sweet in itself, so does not require additional sweetening. Use stevia extract powder or liquid to sweeten the chocolate part of the recipe..   Makes: 1/2 sheet black/ white & 1/2 sheet white (approx. 20 portions) Tray size: 27 x 17cm Prep time: 5-15 min Cooling: 20min   You need: 100g Coconut manna (1/3 for coconut manna with dusting, 2/3 for the chocolate layered version) 75g Cocoa liquor/ 100% Chocolate 40g Cocoa Butter 10g coconut rough flakes (for decorating) 1tsp Cocoa Powder unsweetened couple of drops vanilla extract - optional 2 tbsp  Stevia-sweet Fluid Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller amount of whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or tabs (need to be dissolved too),...
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Gluten and Sugar free Chocolate Coffe Cupcake with coconut cream frosting – with Stevia

Gluten and Sugar free Chocolate Coffe Cupcake with coconut cream frosting – with Stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Sunday is always a great day to spend some time making home made treats, I like how quick these mini cupcakes are. I used my favourite Paleo friendly sponge cake recipe I recently posted, what I like is that it is super moist and free of all the ingredients that are know to trigger inflammatory processes in the body. Really, the recipe combines all the ingredients that are staples in a Palaeolithic diet and forms a treat that looks deceptively unhealthy. I wanted to see if it is possible to make this dairy free, so I created a coconut milk frosting that is as natural as can be. For dark frosting, add unsweetened cocoa powder and natural stevia-sweet extract, for white just add stevia-sweet to taste and any flavouring as desired. Now looking at the nutrition breakdown below, you may be saying: but most of this  cupcake is fat, yes but it is GOOD fat. I only learned a few months ago that fat is the most important nutrient to Happiness, yes, I useed...
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Sugar and Gluten free pastry blueberry or chocolate tarts with Stevia for tea

Sugar and Gluten free pastry blueberry or chocolate tarts with Stevia for tea

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Sunday blues? -  have tea tartlet's that are nutritiously good for body and soul. Have you switched to a gluten free diet to eliminate inflammation caused by gluten? It can feel like all the nice things you used to be able to eat are now off limits. Luckily you are not alone, there are many very creative gluten free bakers that are happy to share recipes that work. One of the more difficult things to re-create is sweet pastry as it mainly consist of sugar and fat which hold the dough together, gluten free itself is not too difficult as you still have the sugar to keep things sticking together, once you decide that you want to eliminate sugar too it becomes a challenge. I have created a recipe that is based on the quark oil dough mix that is suitable for making tartelettes - it is of course not quite as rigid as the sugar version but it does stay together to eat by hand. IF you do not have Quark (german milk product)...
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Carrot cake with stevia – gluten free/ sugar free

Carrot cake with stevia – gluten free/ sugar free

by Marie Mann2 Comments
    Holding up birthday cake traditions with juicy chocolate covered carrot cake. Last month was my husbands birthday. I had planned to make him a cake as I usually do, this time I went for the carrot cake with chocolate covering. It is a tradition from my childhood, in my family there would be no birthday without a chocolate covered carrot cake! It actually lends itself very well to have candles stuck in it. Now, I needed to change the  traditional receipe slightly to make it gluten free to allow me to have some too, I didn't want to miss out  on this yummy treat. When I looked at the ingredients I actually found that this carrot cake is great for paleo dietary requirements, lots of nuts = healthy fats, eggs = protein, vegetable = fiber, no flour needed. And if one is very serious the chocolate covering can be omitted. For this cake I have used Lindt 85% chocolate to ensure that my husband would definitely like it. Alternatively you can use  a 100%...
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Lime coconut manna and white chocolate truffles -sugar free

Lime coconut manna and white chocolate truffles -sugar free

by Marie MannNo Comments
Zesty, refreshing lactose free lime coconut manna truffles with cocoa butter. Nice recipe I mixed up with all ingredients I like  a lot, especially the coconut manna/ butter is so delicious I wanted to use it in combination instead of just spooning it out of the glass. The Lime coconut truffles are suitable for Paleo and Vegetarian as well as people with Lactose intolerance - really a great sweet for everyone. The recipe is very simple too, so kid’s can help; they will love getting their fingers sticky when forming the little zesty truffle balls. I like to use re-usable silicon cases to avoid wasting paper or packaging. We are also ticking the blood sugar friendliness box too with the help of the all natural stevia-sweet extract powder or liquid. Make it with Coconut oil, fresh egg yolks and sweeten it up with all natural stevia-sweet extract. I think next time I will use fresh orange juice to make these, its bound to work well.   Makes:  10 little balls Prep time: 10 min Forming the balls:  10-15min   You need: 50g coconut...
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