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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Coconut Mango cream tartelettes – gluten and sugar free

Coconut Mango cream tartelettes – gluten and sugar free

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Nice mini version of the Coconut Mango cake, with a crunchy tartelette base. Makes: 4 little tarts Prep time: 20 min Cooking: 25 min at 180 degree celsius   For the gluten free Tart base you need: 70g ground almonds – mixed ground nuts work too. 30g coconut flour 50g quark or Yoghurt (if you don’t want to use dairy you could use the thick separate part of the coconut milk) 30g coconut oil ( you can use other oil if needed) couple of drops vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1-3  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 amount of whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or tabs (need to be dissolved too), adding more is easier than diluting – you could end up with a huge amount of treat -Don’t have any Stevia yet? – you can always use normal sweetener products until you are set up.   Mix dry ingredients with baking...
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Stevia sweetened Dominostones

Stevia sweetened Dominostones

by Marie MannNo Comments
  A Dominostein (plural Dominosteine) is a german christmas sweet. The base consists of Lebkuchen, next is a layer of sour cherry or apricot jelly and a layer of marzipan, cube scone is covered with a thin layer of dark chocolate. When looking into the ingredients for this recipe I found out that the Dominostein was invented in 1936 by Herbert Wendler in Dresden. The layered praline was targeted for a broader audience because of a cheaper price than the other products of Wendler's praline factory. During the scarcity of food during World War II the Dominostein gained popularity as a replacement praline. It is still popular as a must have Christmas sweet in stockings and on Christmas When looking into the ingredients for this recipe I found out that the Dominostein was invented in 1936 by Herbert Wendler in Dresden. The layered praline was targeted for a broader audience because of a cheaper price than the other products of Wendler's praline factory. During the scarcity of food during...
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2 kind of sugar free dark chocolate Truffles

2 kind of sugar free dark chocolate Truffles

by Marie MannNo Comments
I made these truffles a couple of years back as presents for my friends. No I did not feel guilty giving sweets away as theses are a close to healthy as possible. They are very rich so over eating is prevented by that, they are satisfying with their rich chocolate taste - one does that trick. I crafted some little boxes, lined the with tissue paper and added a nice deco band. Just search for  a nice pattern online and print it out across a whole 4A sheet and you are good to go with the instruction below. Here a link with step by step instructions for folding your own boxes.   Cherry Butter truffles Makes 15 pieces Prep time: 10 min Melting: 30min Cooling/ Setting: 60min Forming the truffles: 30min  For version 1 - Butter based: 100g raw unsweetened Chocolate mass 50g double cream (jersey cream) 10g Butter 1 tbsp Cherry 2-3tbsp Cocoa powder - organic unsweetened.  - for rolling the finished truffles in. 3-6  knife-tip Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in the Cherry Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level...
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