This is a delicious autumn cake that works really well visually and taste-wise even when a little imperfect. The blackberries are lovely with the optionally glutenfree light cocoa genoise sponge which I made lower-sugar by replacing some sugar with birch extract xylitol. For my first […]
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Vegan mini mocha layer cake or cupcakes recipe – gluten free … or not! And Paris Cake Tour no. 2!
This yummilicious cake provides a super shot of mocha, a coffee-cocoa marriage made in heaven achieved simply with diluted instant coffee and pure unsweetened cocoa powder. The sponge is light and moist with self-raising glutenfree flour or standard plain, aquafaba bean water (just drain a can of chickpeas) […]
Creamy mocha ice lollies and Mexican-style chilli mango paletas with raspberry yoghurt stripes! Recipes for a healthy popsicle fest!
As heatwaves continue to beat down on Barcelona (poor us) ice lollies, aka popsicles, have become a favourite treat. They are also very trendy this year! So out came my cheap neglected IKEA moulds bought two years ago along with silicone pots and some plastic […]
Healthy chocolate brownies recipe! Sugarfree, glutenfree and yummy! :) And what’s speculoos?
Brownies are scrumptious, moist, easy to make and just generally amazing! And this healthy gluten-free, sugar-free version is perfect made with ground almonds, cocoa, xylitol or erythritol sugar substitutes, egg whites and unsweetened apple sauce or purée, which is very easy to make if you […]
Vegan chocolate layer cake recipe! With optional healthier spelt flour and coconut palm sugar! And about calçots…
Try this cake that will surprise everyone with its yumminess! It was first made for a post-climbing traditional calçots barbecue here in Catalunya (will tell you about calçots later) as one of the climbers going was vegan. Funnily enough she couldn’t make it in the […]
Traditional Black Forest gâteau recipe with a pastry layer and sour cherries!
When a German friend says let’s make a Black Forest gâteau there’s only one possible answer: ‘Yes, please!’. So begins a voyage of discovery leading to a cake that’s less sweet, so delicious and perfect for a birthday party or a rainy day when the […]
Pomegranate red velvet cupcakes recipe and the ‘red’ experiment
Yes, you’ve seen the cake and now here are the cupcakes! They’re faster, smaller and healthier. Healthier? Well, just because of the reduced quantities. Tee hee. There’s half the quantity of sponge used in the original layer cake and a third of the frosting. After […]
Pomegranate red velvet cake
Red velvet cake has become hugely popular not only in its homeland, the U.S.A. but also in Europe. To be honest I wasn’t sure about this cake and had heard positive and negative reviews … but I love it! The red colour’s created not only […]
Lamingtons – the greatest discovery ever! A gluten-free recipe! :)
She’d had serious doubts but unexpectedly fell in love at first bite. Swooning at the cloudlike gluten-free genoise sponge made with cornflour and flavoured with vanilla, merging as one with the chocolate icing and delightful dessicated coconut, she instantly realised why Australians and New Zealanders […]
Crazy cocoa and raspberry rainbow cake recipe! Gluten free! :)
A colourful, magical rainbow in a cake. Who could resist? Okay, maybe people like my brother who have strong feelings about E numbers in food. I did try using natural food colouring, I really did. But that plan failed and I’ll explain why later. Wait, […]
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