Posts Tagged by desserts

Sprouted Flour Brownies

Sprouted Flour Brownies

Hi everyone – while I am traveling overseas for my day job, I have some guest posters stopping by to introduce themselves. Next up is Katie of Girl Meets Nourishment with an amazing brownie recipe using sprouted flour which is apparently easier to digest than regular flour. I cannot wait to try these when I get home! I love fudgy brownies just as much as the next guy; but some… more

Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake

Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake via Homemade Mommy

Who says you can’t influence your family? My cousin has been making this grain-free sweet potato chocolate cake for years for our Passover Seder feast. This year I received a little surprise…she converted the recipe to take out all of the fake/processed food ingredients and replaced them with real food ingredients including my homemade chocolate! I was thrilled! Unfortunately, I couldn’t be with her this year to share her sweet… more

Raw Pumpkin Kefir Cheesecake

Raw Pumpkin Kefir Cheesecake via Homemade Mommy

I have made the Nourishing Traditions (page 566) all raw cheesecake before and it is delicious. This is a variation on that recipe using kefir and pumpkin and crème fraiche. It is so good! This will serve quite a few people (12-16) so it is good for a holiday party or for eating leftovers! Ingredients 2 cups crispy pecans (I buy a version that is apple pie spiced that conform… more

Coconut cake with Maple Buttercream Frosting

I wanted to make a dessert for my book club tonight and I really wanted to make my favorite almond cake.  I realized it isn’t grain free and it has refined sugar so I started looking for almond cake recipes online that were grain and refined sugar free.  I found one that looked really good but I didn’t have enough almond flour on hand (3 cups!).  But the maple buttercream… more

Weekly Meal Plan 12/28/11

I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend – now for one more! Here is what I am making this week: 1) Ketchup (see this post): I finally made the ketchup and it turned out great – just waiting for it to ferment and then the true tasters will have to tell me if they approve – I personally don’t care for ketchup – making this for my ketchup lovers… more

36 weeks 3 days – Almond Cake

We are going over to a friend’s house for dinner and are bringing dessert.  I saw this Almond Cake recipe on the Amateur Gourmet blog and I had to try it.  Please see the blog for more details on the recipe – and photos.  It is baking now and it smells delicious! 2 sticks butter, softened, more for buttering pan1 cup sour cream, at room temperature1 tsp baking soda2 cups… more