Hot Cross Muffins – Grain-free, gluten-free

28 Saturday Mar 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Lunch

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One a penny, two a penny, hot cross… muffins??? Well, I really can’t call these tasty treats, Hot Cross Buns – kinda defeating the purpose as we all know that true Hot Cross Buns are made from wheat flour and yeast. So in the interests of transparency I’m calling them like they are!

Muffins or buns, who really cares, we just want the Easter flavour of Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Ginger. These have added depth with citrus, apple and sultanas. And with a little squiggle decoration and a slab of butter down the hatch they go!

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Fudgy Raspberry Brownies

15 Sunday Feb 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Sweets & Treats

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Fudgy Raspberry Brownies are so perfect for your Valentine! However the inspiration to create these came from slightly more down to earth passion!

We love camping all that outdoorsy fresh air and relaxation. Being slightly organised, I generally do a bit of a bake to take along with us. A slice of something tasty to have with a cup of tea while watching the stars on a clear, dark night; pure primal bliss!

This year preparing for our camping trip was no different and I baked up my Banana and Coconut Bread. But I also started thinking about the amazing brownie I had at my friend Dawn’s Pure Food Kitchen. While I have already blogged a Chocolate Brownie recipe with chocolate chunks, I was after something similar to Dawn’s which had the taste of berries along with the fudgy chocolaty brownie taste.

My challenge was that using my old recipe if I was to add more liquid by adding the raspberries, I could end up with a Chocolate Raspberry smoothy! So searching the blogosphere I found that the best way would be to drop some of the liquid (eggs) then I should be able to add the raspberries.

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Strawberry & Blueberry Custard Tart

02 Friday Jan 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Sweets & Treats

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One of my favourite summer tarts of all times is Strawberry Custard tart. I used to enjoy these in the old days; short sweet pastry, sweet custard and sweet strawberries – ahh, there seems to be a similar theme happening here!

Now that I don’t eat or cook with grains or refined sugar I have been thinking about how to repurpose these not so nice ingredients to make a healthy treat for the holiday season.

Well, with a few tweaks to a paleo pastry recipe and some friendly changes to the basic Creme Patisserie recipe my tart desire has been satisfied.

As well, I have a whole family of converts to this tasty dessert as the first tart disappeared in a twink. The second tart made for Christmas day only lasted a bit longer because my son had created his take on the Mixed Berry Cheesecake, so we had two desserts!

I hope you will give this a try and you don’t need to wait for summer. If fresh berries are out of season then use frozen berries.