I had a salad yesterday with mixed greens, strawberries, apple, cheddar and Gouda. It was delicious. I made a dressing with olive oil, a little bit of salt, a little bit of honey and a bit of ...vinegar. I'm still alive today. I had made the salad for my family and couldn't resist. I ate a lot of it. Not a problem that I can see. Thank goodness.
Okay, so I'm a super cheater. I had chocolate today. I made a chocolate cake. It was so yummy.
I found this recipe on
Elana's Pantry...my new favorite site. It's very similar to the blueberry muffins/cake that I made the other day. I also made my own substitutions to cater to my pantry items. It tasted like cake. Not like coconut flour cake. Like, real gluten-filled cake.
Chocolate Cupcakes (with my substitutions).
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup cacao powder (the only thing I had was ghiradelli's dark chocolate powder)
1/4 cup cocoa butter nibs pulsed in food processor to teeny pieces
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
3/4 cup honey
1/2 tsp all natural creme de menthe flavoring (you can't taste it in the cake, but it's enough to get rid of the coconut taste that angers my oldest son)
- In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients
- In a large bowl, blend together wet ingredients
- Blend dry ingredients into wet thoroughly
- Line a glass pie plate with parchment and pour mix into it.
- Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes
- Cool
- Serve
Makes one pie plate of cake.
Next time I make this...or tomorrow when I eat it...I may make a frosting with either raw cream or coconut cream. I have a box of coconut cream I have wanted to try.
The lighting was terrible, so the shot is too. But look! It's cakey and lovely.
