George had her 18th Birthday recently, I decided with her love of chocolate and coconut that I would attempt to make this cake wheat, diary and sugar free.
Here's the recipe I used .....(adapted).
100g olivani and coconut oil (roughly half and half)
1/2 c coconut sugar
3 egg yolks
3/4 c spelt flour
1/2 c coconut flour
1/2 c cocoa
2 t baking powder
2 t vanilla essence
3/4 c oat milk
Topping
3 egg whites
1/4 c agave nectar
1 1/2 c coconut
2 T cocoa
1 t almond essence
Melt butter in a large saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in sugar and egg yolks. Mix to combine.
Sift flours, cocoa and baking powder into saucepan. Add vanilla essence and milk.
Spread mixture into a 20cm ring tin. Spread topping over.Bake at 180 deg C for 40 mins until skewer comes out clean.
Cool in tin.
Topping
Beat egg whites until stiff, Gradually beat in the agave and mix until thick and glossy, fold in coconut, cocoa and almond essence.
It was a hit with all, a little dry for my liking but that didn't stop it getting eaten up.
The nice thing is that coconut sugar is Low GI. So everyone happy. :)
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Saturday 6 October 2012
Grapefruit Cake.
Here's a photo of Harry's birthday cake.
It is still warm and very yummy. Will make again that's for sure!
BIrthday Cakes.
Well today is our son's 16th birthday, I have in the oven his birthday cake at the moment.
It is a Grapefruit Cake. I have grapefruit falling off the tree at the moment and it seemed perfect to make a cake that is in season.
It is a standard cake as he has no problem with food so I thought given it's his day that's what I would do.
We are having his friends over for dinner tomorrow night, for Pulled Pork and Roast Chicken for those who do not eat Pork.
George has decided she will make a cake for that event tomorrow, I think she will make a wheat dairy and sugar free cake. I will let you know. I will post a photo of the Grapefruit cake later in the day.
I used Low GI sugar in this cake, and given it is a coarse granule, it was quite hard to cream with butter, but seemed to work just fine. The icing however will be made with icing sugar and grapefruit juice with zest. Tim will just have to be careful not to eat the icing.
It is a Grapefruit Cake. I have grapefruit falling off the tree at the moment and it seemed perfect to make a cake that is in season.
It is a standard cake as he has no problem with food so I thought given it's his day that's what I would do.
We are having his friends over for dinner tomorrow night, for Pulled Pork and Roast Chicken for those who do not eat Pork.
George has decided she will make a cake for that event tomorrow, I think she will make a wheat dairy and sugar free cake. I will let you know. I will post a photo of the Grapefruit cake later in the day.
I used Low GI sugar in this cake, and given it is a coarse granule, it was quite hard to cream with butter, but seemed to work just fine. The icing however will be made with icing sugar and grapefruit juice with zest. Tim will just have to be careful not to eat the icing.
Leek and Potato Soup (well sort of)
One of my favourite soups is Leek and Potato, and this is what I was thinking about when I planted all the leeks in my garden, however when I came to make it I realised that I wouldn't be able to make it with potato, because the soup is pureed, this changes the molecular structure of the potato and this in turn is what makes Tim sick.
So on with the thinking cap and I decided to still use leek and replace the potato with butter beans. The soup turned out amazing.
So I sauteed chopped onion and garlic, then added lots of leek, sauteed until soft, added my homemade chicken stock and a couple of tins of butter beans.Topped it up with extra water. Cooked until soft, then pureed.My stock is very favoursome and fragrant so I just added some Tabasco to taste. I also fried off some bacon pieces to sprinkle over the soup as I served. Season.
Omit bacon if you like, or you could add a swirl of cream.
Serve with freshly made hot bread. I made a pre mixed multi grain loaf. It was very yummy indeed.
So on with the thinking cap and I decided to still use leek and replace the potato with butter beans. The soup turned out amazing.
So I sauteed chopped onion and garlic, then added lots of leek, sauteed until soft, added my homemade chicken stock and a couple of tins of butter beans.Topped it up with extra water. Cooked until soft, then pureed.My stock is very favoursome and fragrant so I just added some Tabasco to taste. I also fried off some bacon pieces to sprinkle over the soup as I served. Season.
Serve with freshly made hot bread. I made a pre mixed multi grain loaf. It was very yummy indeed.
Wednesday 3 October 2012
Homemade Sauces
I have been busy making Ketchup and BBQ sauce for a school fundraiser.
This I have been doing for a year or so, previously for the College Netball Girls, to enable them to fund raise for a netball trip to Australia, and National tournament. My daughter has been involved in netball for the last five years, and as any parent will know there is always money required to enable them to get the most out of their chosen sport. However George has finished the netball season and soon to be finishing college too.
So this leaves me with who to make the sauce for, well my son Harry plays 1st XI cricket and I have decided to give the fundraising opportunity to the boys for cricket, so as you can guess I now have to make lots of bottles of sauce.
I make two varieties Ketchup and BBQ, the later being a little spicy. There are 20 ingredients in these sauces and it has taken me a few years to develop the recipes. The sauces have become firm family favourites and with hundreds of bottles already sold they are making a real mark in the community.
It is a great fundraiser, as everyone already buys sauce and this way the money goes to the kids rather than the local store.The sauces are a premium product that you would normally pay up to $15 a bottle for, these sell for $8 a bottle, making them a great deal, so it is a win win for everyone.I take out the costs of making the sauce and the rest goes to my chosen sport, this now being cricket.
My husband had fun designing the labels you see below.
"MEMBERS OWN First Class Ketchup"
and
"STICKY WICKET BBQ Sauce"
I make it in batches of 22 - 24. Most people buy at least 2 at a time so as you can imagine, I'm busy keeping up with demand at the moment.
This I have been doing for a year or so, previously for the College Netball Girls, to enable them to fund raise for a netball trip to Australia, and National tournament. My daughter has been involved in netball for the last five years, and as any parent will know there is always money required to enable them to get the most out of their chosen sport. However George has finished the netball season and soon to be finishing college too.
So this leaves me with who to make the sauce for, well my son Harry plays 1st XI cricket and I have decided to give the fundraising opportunity to the boys for cricket, so as you can guess I now have to make lots of bottles of sauce.
I make two varieties Ketchup and BBQ, the later being a little spicy. There are 20 ingredients in these sauces and it has taken me a few years to develop the recipes. The sauces have become firm family favourites and with hundreds of bottles already sold they are making a real mark in the community.
It is a great fundraiser, as everyone already buys sauce and this way the money goes to the kids rather than the local store.The sauces are a premium product that you would normally pay up to $15 a bottle for, these sell for $8 a bottle, making them a great deal, so it is a win win for everyone.I take out the costs of making the sauce and the rest goes to my chosen sport, this now being cricket.
My husband had fun designing the labels you see below.
"MEMBERS OWN First Class Ketchup"
and
"STICKY WICKET BBQ Sauce"
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