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wheat-free desserts

Gluten-Free Blood Orange Cardamom Cake

March 7, 2010

Before I started blogging about food, lemons were lemons and oranges were oranges. Things are different now.
Now, I’m obsessed with Meyer lemons.
And crazy about specialty oranges: blood oranges, in particular. I’m totally and completely in love with them because they are so beautiful…

…and because when they are in season (now!), they taste just like [...]

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Raw Chocolate Banana Smoothie and a Garden of Life Giveaway!

February 2, 2010

This raw chocolate banana smoothie is so sweet, creamy and rich, it’s almost hard to believe it’s good for you.

Before I get to the smoothie recipe, though, I want to tell you about my Garden of Life Giveaway!
The great people at Garden of Life are going to give one bottle of their awesome organic [...]

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Meyer Lemon Cream Tart

January 28, 2010

It’s been a week of some serious treats at my house. It all started last Saturday with this birthday cake for my daughter.
Then, there was the Daring Baker’s challenge.
Next, these killer chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes for a Food52 contest…
And finally…this lemon cream tart. A tart so delicious, I can’t seem to find the words to [...]

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Gluten-Free Coffee Almond Cookies

January 5, 2010

This recipe for gluten-free coffee almond cookies is ridiculously easy, and the results are ridiculously good.

These are made with no flour at all, so they don’t contain gluten (or empty calories, for that matter). Ground almonds take the place of the flour, so they’ve got lots of nutrients and fiber. They are also quite [...]

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Mint Cookies

December 8, 2009

Here’s my first attempt at making a homemade version of my favorite Girl Scout’s cookie: the Thin Mint. While these chocolate mint cookies did not turn out exactly like their inspiration (my chocolate coating was a bit too thick), they were wonderful in their own right, and gluten-free to boot.

Note that the original recipe containing [...]

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Sweet Potato Indian Pudding

November 24, 2009

The first time I made Indian Pudding was for dessert last Thanksgiving. Because I am serving this pumpkin cheesecake, I decided not to make Indian Pudding again this year. But I love this dessert so much that I made it last week, and I’m sharing it with you now just in case you need another [...]

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French Macarons for the Daring Bakers

October 27, 2009

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.

What a coincidence that this month’s challenge was a naturally gluten-free recipe that features almond flour (since I am giving away a signed copy of [...]

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Zucchini Muffins Without Gluten or Sugar

October 26, 2009

I thought about coming up with something innovative and intriguing to do with zucchini for this post.
I’ve reached the end of my alphabetical blogging challenge, you see, and I figured I should end it with a “bang”.
Yet in the end I went with the tried and true- a recipe for zucchini muffins.
These do [...]

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Olive Oil Cake with Chocolate and Figs

October 13, 2009

When I decided to make olive oil cake, it had nothing to do with not wanting to use butter. Far from it…I am a big fan of butter (particularly butter that’s organic from grass-fed cows) and that’s not changing anytime soon.
It’s just that I’ve been seeing olive oil cakes all over the blogosphere lately, and [...]

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Jam Oatmeal Tart

October 9, 2009

“J” was not an easy letter…I guess I could have done something “Japanese”, but since I’ve got so many delicious varieties of homemade jam in my fridge right now, I decided to make this jam tart (adapted from Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone by Deborah Madison).

This is a simple and delicious dessert. If you bake it [...]

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