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Orange Almond Cake {gluten free} … light, healthy, delicious
Orange Almond Cake {gluten free} … wafts of sweet almond with citrusy notes of orange float through the kitchen, virtually transporting you to the Mediterranean. One bite and you will find it hard to believe that the cake is flourless with no added fat. It is delightfully moist and orange flavoured.
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Dark Chocolate Kumquat Amaranth Mousse Cakes … deliciously ending 2013 gluten free
“Build your life on your dreams; because dreams never have bad endings.” M.F. Moonzajer Dark Chocolate Kumquat Amaranth Mousse Cakes … had to be a delicious end to the year. It’s the time of the year when you feel indulgent. How much better can it get than deep dark sinful chocolate paired with bittersweet kumquats in syrup? Yes, it’s the kumquat time of the year too. My little tree is happily laden with fruit and bursting with vibrant orange colour. Citrus is certainly a mood uplifter, the colour orange more so. The mousse is a spin off on the dark chocolate mousse I baked for a guest post at Cookaroo not…
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Dragon fruit & Strawberry Christmas Jelly … Merry Xmas
Light, healthy, delicious Dragon fruit & Strawberry Christmas Jelly holiday desserts for the young and old alike. Serve them in an array of glasses to keep the mood fun and joyful! Use other seasonal fruit paired with juice of your choice for a variation. Joyeux Noël!!
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Strawberries in a Trifle … Quite Literally So!!
“That most wonderful object of domestic art called trifle…with its charming confusion of cream and cake and almonds and jam and jelly and wine and cinnamon and froth.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Dressed up with grated chocolate, melted chocolate, sliced strawberries & fresh mint leaves! I made these in dessert cups with the leftover sponge that I had frozen. Simple & effective, a rocking good dessert in one of our favourite combinations this season…‘Chocolate & Strawberry’!! Ready in minutes, with nothing very involved, this is indeed a whimsical way of using left-overs!! A hearty trifle for Valentines… The word “trifle” comes from the old French term “trufle,” and literally means something…
