by Alice on December 22, 2011
Ingredients
200 g dark chocolate (70% cacao), preferably fairtrade
3 tablespoons cashew butter, at room temperature
3 tablespoons orange jam (with no added sugar), at room temperature
1 organic orange, washed
half a teaspoon dried ginger powder (and some more to roll the truffles)
100-110 g almond meal
cocoa powder (with no added sugar), just enough to taste
powdered sugar (from brown sugar), [...]
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marmalade,
orange zest,
oranges,
powdered sugar
by Alice on April 18, 2011
Ingredients
100 g 70% Fairtrade dark chocolate, chopped
400 g cooked amaranth
80 g semi-whole wheat flour
a few pinches of Himalayan salt
85 g agave syrup
50 ml extra virgin olive oil
3 large tablespoons natural blackberry preserves (made from fruit, with no added sugar)
unbleached (organic and Fairtrade) powdered sugar, to taste
Makes 8-10 mini-cakes
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agave syrup,
amaranth,
blackberry preserves,
dark chocolate,
extra virgin olive oil,
semi-whole wheat flour
by Alice on March 29, 2011
Ingredients
6-7 tablespoons puffed millet
unsweetened and unflavoured oat milk, to taste
a handful of unsweetened, dried banana chips
a tablespoon dried coconut flakes
a tablespoon fairtrade dark chocolate bits or chips
a few pinches of vanilla powder
Makes 1 serving.
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banana,
chocolate,
coconut,
millet,
oat milk,
vanilla
by Alice on December 24, 2010
Ingredients
For the crust
15 g coconut butter
20-25 g cacao butter
40 g vegan sugarfree cookies, processed into very fine crumbs
a 2-3 cm piece of fresh ginger root, peeled and grated or finely chopped
a pinch of whole sea salt
For the creamy filling
120 g labneh/creamy yogurt vegan/veggie cheese (let drain for 20-24 hours about 400 of unflavoured and unsweetened [...]
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cacao butter,
coconut butter,
coconut oil,
cornstarch,
ginger,
labneh,
pomegranate,
vanilla
by Alice on December 1, 2010
Ingredients
150 g vegan plain biscuits (with no hydrogenated vegetable oils and no added refined sugar), very finely crushed (you can use a food processor or coffee grinder)
200 g cherry jam or cherry preserve, with no added sugar
30 g coconut oil, to be melted
40 g pure cocoa butter, to be melted
200 g fairtrade dark chocolate (70% [...]
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cacao,
cherries,
chocolate,
cocoa butter,
coconut oil,
hazelnuts
by Alice on September 22, 2010
Ingredients
100 g dark chocolate (70% cacao), preferably Fairtrade
220 ml almond cream (or other vegetable cream)
a pinch of whole sea salt
4 tablespoons rice malt syrup
3 tablespoons hazelnut butter
chopped hazelnuts, for garnish
Makes 4 servings.
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almond cream,
dark chocolate,
hazelnuts,
rice malt syrup,
vegetable cream
by Alice on July 29, 2010
Ingredients
For the apricots
700-750 g fresh and ripe apricots, cleaned, pitted and cut into thin slices
4 tablespoons rice malt syrup
the juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
half a teaspoon dried ginger powder
half a teaspoon cardamom powder
For the crumble
300 g almond meal
5-6 tablespoons muscovado sugar
a few pinches of cinnamon powder
1 large tablespoon cocoa powder
a pinch of [...]
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almonds,
apricots,
cacao,
cardamom,
cinnamon,
cocoa,
cocoa butter,
extra virgin olive oil,
ginger,
muscovado,
rice malt syrup
Ingredients
50 ml GMO-free vegetable cream (I used almond cream), unsweetened and unflavoured
50 ml almond milk, unsweetened and unflavoured
120 g rice malt syrup
50 g hazelnut butter
50 g almond butter
100 g dark fairtrade chocolate (70% cocoa), broken into pieces and melted in a bain-marie
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
1-2 handfuls of dried sour cherries
1 large handful of coarsely [...]
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almond butter,
almond cream,
almond milk,
chocolate,
dried cherries,
hazelnut butter,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla,
vegetable cream
by Alice on April 15, 2010
Ingredients
200 g fair trade dark chocolate (70% cacao)
90 g quinoa flour
a pinch of whole sea salt
a pinch of cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
115 g rice malt syrup
55 g maple syrup, grade B or C
4 tablespons powdered flax seeds, mixed with 12 tablespoons filtered water
50 g hazelnut butter
50 ml extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon hazelnut [...]
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almond milk,
chocolate,
cinnamon,
cream of tartar,
extra virgin olive oil,
flax seeds,
hazelnut butter,
hazelnut oil,
maple syrup,
quinoa,
rice malt syrup
by Alice on April 7, 2010
Ingredients
150 g semi-whole wheat flour
100 g whole oat flour
50 g coconut flakes
50 g golden flax seeds, finely ground
2 tablespoons cornstarch, GMO-free
a pinch of whole sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
60 ml extra virgin olive oil
110 g rice malt syrup
130 g coconut milk
150 ml oat milk, unflavoured and unsweetened
2 handfuls of sultana raisins, [...]
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coconut,
coconut milk,
extra virgin olive olive oil,
flax seeds,
hazelnuts,
oat flour,
oat milk,
oats,
raisins,
rice malt syrup,
semi-whole wheat flour,
sultanas
by Alice on February 13, 2010
Ingredients
For the cake
200 g semi-whole wheat flour
80 g wholemeal flour
120 g almond flour
40 g unsweetened cacao powder, sifted
50 g muscovado sugar
half a teaspoon vanilla powder
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
a pinch of whole sea salt
180 g barley malt syrup
100 ml extra virgin olive oil
200 ml almond milk, unsweetened and unflavoured
100 ml almond cream (or [...]
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almond cream,
almond milk,
cacao,
candied ginger,
chocolate,
ginger,
muscovado,
rice malt syrup. barley malt syrup,
semi-whole wheat flour,
vanilla,
wholemeal flour
by Alice on February 6, 2010
Ingredients
100 g quinoa flour
200 g semi-whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
a pinch of whole sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
half a teaspoon cardamom powder
200 ml plain (unflavoured) and unsweetened rice milk
70 ml extra virgin olive oil
80 g rice malt syrup
20 ml maple syrup (grade C)
100 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), broken into pieces
3 [...]
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cardamom,
cherries,
chocolate,
extra virgin olive oil,
maple syrup,
quinoa,
quinoa flour,
rice malt syrup,
rice milk,
semi-whole wheat flour,
semi-wholemeal flour
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