Triple Chocolate Cake

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Triple Chocolate Cake
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Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 40 min

Preheat oven to 325 °F

Grease a small cake pan very well and dust with coconut flour. Alternately, grease 8 lined cupcake tins, or 24 mini cupcakes tins.

Combine the cocoa, coconut flour, baking powder, and sea salt.  Add the eggs, honey, vanilla, and butter/coconut oil.  Add in the chocolate chips.  Pour batter into pan (or muffin tins) and spread flat.

Bake the cake for about 30 minutes. Bake cupcakes for about 20 minutes. (A toothpick should come out clean).

Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before topping with chocolate ganache frosting.

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Gluten Free Date-Pecan Cinnamon Rolls

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Date-Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
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Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Filling:

  • 6-8 large dates, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Dough:

Glaze:

Preheat oven to 325 °F

For the filling, add hydrated dates + a few teaspoons date water and cinnamon to a mini food processor and puree.  Set aside

Whisk together the eggs, coconut oil, vanilla, and honey (or maple syrup) in a medium bowl.  In a separate bowl, combine almond flour, coconut flour, cinnamon, baking soda, sugar and salt.  Then combine dry and wet ingredients to form dough.

Roll out the dough on parchment paper and create a long rectangle.  Spread the date and cinnamon mixture evenly across the rolled out dough and sprinkle with finely chopped pecan pieces. Using the parchment paper, carefully roll up the dough into a log.  Use a sharp knife to cut 1-inch thick rolls.

Place sliced cinnamon rolls on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper. Bake for about 15-18 minutes – until lightly brown.

Remove from oven and drizzle with prepared glaze + sprinkle with reserved pecans.

Best served warm!

*You can grind your own almond flour by placing whole almonds in a blender/food processor and blending until you get a fine meal.

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Pina Colada Gummy Snacks

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Pina Colada Gummy Snacks
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Servings: approximately 20
Preparation Time: 15 minutes

  • 14 ounces coconut milk*
  • 1 ½ cups cubed fresh pineapple (thaw first if using frozen)
  • 4 tablespoons grass fed gelatin
  • 4 tablespoons maple syrup

In a blender or food processor, puree coconut milk and pineapple until smooth.

Heat puree in a medium pan to a very low boil. Continue to simmer for about 1 minute. Turn off heat.

Whisk (or use hand held mixer on low) in the maple syrup; then add in gelatin, 1 tablespoon at a time. Continue to whisk (or blend) until gelatin is completely dissolved. Pour into a shallow baking dish.

Place in fridge to set for at least 2 hours.

Once set, cut into squares and serve immediately; or store in an airtight container in fridge to enjoy later.

*For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Cutesy Cannoli Cups

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Cutesy Cannoli Cups
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Servings: 8

Preparation Time: 2 hours

The Crust Cups:

The Filling:

  • 1 cup raw almonds – must be soaked for at least 4 hours & drained before use
  • 1 tablespoon arrowroot starch
  • 2 tablespoon raw honey
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

Tip:  The filling can be made the day before to give it more time to set up.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees °F

Crust Cups:

In a mixing bowl, combine almond flour, coconut flour, arrowroot starch and salt.  Cut in shortening, vanilla and honey until crumbly.  Slowly pour in milk until mixture forms a dough ball – adding more milk if necessary.

Press pieces of dough into greased muffin tins.  Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until slightly brown.  Remove from oven and let cool completely.

Filling:

In a high powered blender, combine ingredients for filling and puree at least 3 minutes or until completely smooth.  The longer you blend, the less grainy the texture will be.

Refrigerate filling for at least 2 hours.

Spoon a dollop of filling into each prepared cup and top with drizzled chocolate, cocoa powder or berries.  Enjoy!

*You can grind your own almond flour by placing whole almonds in a blender/food processor and blending until you get a fine meal.

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Coconut Almond Ginger Shortbread Cookies

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Coconut Almond Ginger Shortbread Cookies
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Servings: 1 1/2 dozen cookies
Preparation: 20 minutes

Preheat oven to 300 degrees °F

Blend all dry ingredients in a food processor. Slowly pour in the coconut oil and then the water.

Roll dough into walnut – sized balls and place on buttered cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.  Press thumb gently onto each cookie.

Bake for 5 minutes.

Remove cookies from oven and press cookies with a fork.  Return cookies to the oven and bake 15 minutes longer.

Remove cookies from the oven again, take cookies off cookie sheet, and allow to cool completely.  Enjoy!

*You can grind your own almond flour by placing whole almonds in a blender/food processor and blending until you get a fine meal.

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Sweet Potato Coconut Pudding

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Sweet Potato Coconut Pudding
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Servings: 4-5
Preparation Time:  15 minutes
  • Cinnamon & Sucanat Shaker (3 parts sucanat to 1 part cinnamon)
  • Coconut Whipped Cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees ºF.

Coat a 7″ x 11″ glass baking pan with coconut oil.

Put all ingredients into a food processor; process until smooth scraping down sides with a rubber spatula and processing again for consistency. Spread mixture into baking pan.

Bake for 40 minutes. Spoon pudding into serving dishes. Dust with cinnamon/sucanat. Serve with coconut whipped cream.

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Gluten Free Strawberry Lemonade Cookies

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Gluten Free Strawberry Lemonade Cookies
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Servings: 24
Preparation Time:  35 minutes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees ºF.

In a large mixing bowl, blend together honey, palm shortening, and coconut oil until creamy. Add in egg, lemon juice and zest. While mixing, pour in flour slowly. Beat until blended. Using a cookie scoop, place cookie dough balls onto a baking sheet. Gently flatten with palm.

Bake for about 15 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Remove from oven and let cool completely on a wire rack. Meanwhile, puree strawberries using a small blender. Whisk together powdered sugar and strawberry puree in a bowl. Drizzle strawberry glaze over cooled cookies.

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Gluten Free Berry Sweet Rolls

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Gluten Free Berry Sweet Rolls
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Servings: 15
Preparation Time:  45 minutes

Rolls:

  • 1 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup arrowroot starch
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup palm shortening or coconut oil

Filling:

Berry Glaze:

Chocolate Drizzle:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In a mixing bowl, combine almond flour, coconut flour, arrowroot starch, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add in shortening or coconut oil and mix until dough becomes crumbly. Pour in vinegar, milk and vanilla. Stir until combined and dough ball starts to form. Place a large piece of wax paper on counter and dust lightly with almond flour or arrowroot starch. Place dough onto wax paper and sprinkle additional arrowroot powder or flour on top.

Using a rolling pin, carefully roll out dough into a large 1/4″ rectangle. In a small bowl, stir together honey and coconut oil for filling. Spread oil mixture evenly over dough and sprinkle with cinnamon. Carefully roll up dough into a log – you can use the wax paper to help if dough is very fragile. Quickly slice dough into about 1″ rolls and place in a greased baking pan. Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until rolls are starting to brown. Remove from oven and let cool about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine berry glaze ingredients in a small blender and blend until very smooth. Add more beet juice for a darker color. In a small bowl, combine chocolate drizzle ingredients and stir until smooth. Pour berry glaze over cooled rolls and top with chocolate drizzle. Store any leftovers in a sealed container.

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