Browsing Archive: May, 2014

Raw chocolate strawberry truffle pie

Posted by Bake Club on Monday, May 26, 2014, In : desserts

By Frances
Found this recipe on Chocolatecoveredkatie.com. Very nice and went down well at a vegan party.

2.5 cups strawberries, or other berries (250g) (I used frozen and Fresh As strawberry slices)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder or cacao
1.5 cups cashews (150g)
1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup virgin coconut oil
3 NuNaturals stevia packets, or 1/4 cup agave or pure maple syrup
1/8 tsp salt

Chocolate pie crust:

2 tbsp cocoa powder (or cacao powder)
1/2 cup raw cashews (or almonds, w...

Upside-down caramelised banana cake

Posted by Bake Club on Sunday, May 25, 2014, In : big cakes

By Frances
This was the second cake I made for Tui's 2nd birthday, also from Julie Le Clerc's Favourite Cakes (Penguin, 2011). My first attempt at an upside-down cake so was pretty chuffed it worked out. I'll be making more!

Caramel topping:
50g butter, melted
1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
2 large bananas, sliced on an angle

Cake batter:
125g butter, softened
3/4 c caster sugar
1 very ripe banana, mashed
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 c self-raising flour
1 tsp ...
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Giant chocolate lamington cake

Posted by Bake Club on Sunday, May 25, 2014, In : big cakes

By Frances
This was one of Tui's 2nd birthday cakes from Julie Le Clerc's Favourite Cakes (Penguin, 2011).
4 eggs
pinch salt
1 c caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c plain flour
2 Tbs cocoa powder
1 c cream lightly whipped
1/2 berry jam, to fill
Chocolate coconut coating:
150g dark chocolate
100g vegetable shortening or coconut oil
1 1/2 c coconut thread

Preheat oven to 190C. Line 2 x 20cm sponge tins. Lightly butter the sides and dust with flour.
Whisk eggs, salt, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with ele...
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Popcorn two ways: salted 'caramel' and sweet & savoury

Posted by Bake Club on Saturday, May 24, 2014, In : sweets

By Frances
Being a huge snack lover, these recipes are right up my alley for healthy snacks - free of sugar, dairy and wheat.
The salted caramel is adapted from wholes ome-cook.com.

½ cup macadamia nut butter (I used brazil, cashew, almond butter)
1/ 2 cup rice malt syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1.5 tsp sea salt flakes
4 cups popped corn kernels (made from popping about ¼ cup corn kernels)

Instructions

Line a square tin with some waxed baking paper.
Place nut butter, rice malt syrup, vanilla extrac...

Chocolate walnut fudge

Posted by Bake Club on Friday, May 23, 2014, In : sweets

By Frances
An extremely easy raw recipe from The Complete Book of Raw Food by Julie Rodwell (Hatherleigh Press, 2004). They use carob powder but I prefer cacao powder.

3 1/2 c raw walnuts
1 3/4 c pitted dates, soaked in water
1/2 c cacao powder
1/2 c dessicated coconut, optional

Grind walnuts in a food processor until it resembles breadcrumbs. Make date paste in a blender with soaked dates and enough of the soaking water to make a paste. Mix walnuts, date paste, cacao and coconut in a bowl. Firmly ...
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Super spread cookies

Posted by Bake Club on Friday, May 23, 2014, In : cookies

By Frances
Wow - some reaaaaaally healthy oat cookies with no sugar, dairy or wheat and very delish. I've discovered wholesome-cook.com. She has a whole bunch of stuff I want to try.

Dry ingredients:

1¼ cups rolled oats
½ cup wholemeal flour (I used spelt)
¼ cup coconut sugar* (I used organic golden sugar)
1 teaspoon flax seeds
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
2 tablespoons dried organic blueberries, optional

Wet ingredients:

175g Mayver's Super Spread* (I used tahini and peanut butter)
¼ cup rice ...

Vegan peanut butter muffins

Posted by Bake Club on Friday, May 9, 2014, In : small cakes

By Frances
Here's another recipe adapted from Egglesscooking.com. I used honey instead of sugar.

1 cup All Purpose Flour
2/3 cup oats
1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
3/4 cup Sugar (I used honey)
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 cup Peanut Butter (I used smooth)
1 cup Rice Milk

Procedure:

Preheat the oven at 400F/200C for 15 minutes. Grease with little cooking spray or line the muffin tins with paper liners and set aside.
In a large bowl combine together the flour, oatmeal, cocoa powde and baking powder.
In a sm...

Vegan double chocolate banana muffins

Posted by Bake Club on Monday, May 5, 2014, In : small cakes

By Frances
Found a great website called egglesscooking.com as I wanted to do some egg-free baking for our coffee group, as one of the toddlers has an allergy. Easy to make these vegan recipes sugar-free too. I adapted this vegan double chocolate banana muffin recipe.

Dry Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar (I used agave syrup and honey)
1 cup mini vegan chocolate chips (did not use)

Wet Ingre...

Raw chocolates

Posted by Bake Club on Thursday, May 1, 2014, In : sweets

By Frances
I've perfected the recipe for raw chocolate by adapting the recipe from Elements for Life.

60-70g Raw Cacao Butter
50g Raw Cacao Powder
1-2 tbsp Sweet Freedom

Method

All utensils must also be dry or the chocolate will separate. Wash your silicone mould before it's first use and then dry it thoroughly
Place a clean bowl over a saucepan of hot water (bain marie). Ensure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water & no water goes inside the bowl
Grate the cacao butte...