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“Add Insult to injury” Chocolate Cake

August 3, 2015

Base Layer Ingredients 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder, sifted 120 ml. (½ cup) milk (I use goats-milk, you can use soy/almond/rice milk for a non-dairy version) 150 gr. (¾ cup) granulated sugar 100 grams butter/Mazola 105 gr. (¾ cup) Tami All-Purpose GF flour (or plain flour) 1 tsp. baking powder 3 egg yolks 3 egg whites 50 gr. (¼ cup) granulated sugar Round baking tin Base Layer Preparation Preheat your oven to 150C/300F. In a small saucepan, bring milk, cocoa and ¾ cup sugar to a boil over low heat. Remove from heat, add butter/Mazola and mix until fully melted. Add flour, baking powder, and egg yolks and mix until incorporated. In…

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Rich Coconut Cake with Chocolate Chips

May 31, 2015

Delicious, rich cake that feels creamy and decadent, but doesn’t contain any butter or cream. Ingredients 300 gr. (1½ cups) sugar 4 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract 350 gr. (2½ cups) flour (or Tami all-purpose GF flour) 10 gr. (1 packet) baking powder 1 cup vegetable oil 2 cups milk (or soy/rice milk for a non-dairy/parve version) 200 gr. (2 cups) shredded coconut flakes 100 gr. dark chocolate chips Round cake tin Preparation Preheat your oven to 170C/340F. Whisk sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in a bowl. Add flour, baking powder, oil, milk, and coconut flakes, and mix until combined. Add chocolate chips and fold into the mixture. Pour into…

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Decadent Chocolate Cake – the Vegan Version

May 31, 2015

Ingredients 1 cup flour (I use Tami GF all-purpose flour or Schar’s Gluten-free Mix B) 1 bag instant chocolate pudding mix 1½ cups sugar ½ cup cocoa powder 1 bag (10 gr.) baking powder 240 gr. unsweetened applesauce ¾ cup vegetable oil 1 cup boiled water with 1 overfull teaspoon of instant coffee (or 1 shot espresso+boiling water to make 1 cup) A round cake tin (for a larger rectangular tin, double all amounts) Preparation Preheat your oven to 170C/340F. Mix all ingredients (other than the boiling coffee) water in a bowl. Add the boiling water and mix well and quickly (we don’t want scrambled eggs) 🙂 Pour into a…

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Rich Chocolate Cake

November 16, 2013

Like comedy, sometimes the best recipes come out of improv. Ingredients 1 cup ground almonds ¼ cup Tami GF flour (or another all-purpose GF flour), or plain flour for a non-GF version 4 eggs 2 cup sugar ½ cup cocoa powder ½ cup cornstarch 1 bag (10 gr.) baking powder ¾ cup vegetable oil 2 Tbsp. Instant coffee 1 cup milk (or rice/soy/tapioka milk) 2 Tbsp. Brandy Preparation Preheat your oven to 170C/340F. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Pour the cohesive mixture into an oiled round cake tin. Bake for approx. 40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out dry but still with moist crumbs. You can serve as is,…

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Layered Mousse Cake

November 7, 2013

This mousse cake is made up of a base, and a triple amount of any of the following chocolate mousse options. It can be a triple amount of the same kind, or one layer of each. You can make single-serving cakes, or even just one of them as a mousee, with no base. It’s not a lot of work, you just need 3-4 hours freezing between layers. Base Ingredients 1 XL egg 30 gr. sugar ¼ cup all-purpose flour, or all-purpose Gluten-Free flour (I use “Tami”) ¼ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. cocoa powder Base Preparation Preheat your oven to 190C/375F. Whisk the eggs and sugar until fluffy. Sift the…

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