Monday, September 12, 2011
Vanilla Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce - NO eggs, dairy, soy, or refined sugar
Bread pudding
2 1/2 cups cubed stale bread
1 single serve box of raisins (optional)
1 to 1 1/2 cups So Delicious Sugar Free Vanilla Coconut Milk
(if you don't mind the sugar, I suspect the Creamer would be amazing)
1/2 cup + 2 TBSP vanilla agave (or sweetener of choice)
1 1/2 TBSP rice flour (or arrowroot)
2 TBSP coconut oil or coconut butter
1 TBSP vanilla
1 TBSP cinnamon + ½ tsp nutmeg, OR ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice + 1/2 TBSP cinnamon
1-2 TBSP coconut rum
Use a mixing bowl for your cubed bread. On the stove top or in the microwave, melt the 2 Tbsps coconut oil/butter with 2 Tbsps agave and some rum, and drizzle the mixture over the bread. Mix to distribute evenly, then set aside.
Mix the milk with the rest of the agave, the spices, and the rice flour or arrowroot. Taste and add more agave if necessary. Pour over the bread, add the raisins, mix well, and let sit for at least 10 minutes. Pre-heat oven to 325. Pour mixture into ramekins or small baking dish, and bake for 30-35 minutes. Serve with Rum Sauce (below, optional) or agave.
Rum Sauce
1/2 cup coconut syrup
1/4 cup coconut rum
1 TBSP coconut oil or butter
Combine and heat in microwave in 15-second increments (stirring in between to make sure the oil/butter is melted) for a quick, flavorful pudding topping.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Microwave Mini Apple Cake
Microwave Mini Apple Cake
1 egg OR 1 TBSP flax meal mixed with 3 TBSP warm water
2 TBSP flour (any kind, I've tried rice flour and coconut flour, and the original post has many more)
2 TBSP quick oats
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp apple pie spice (optional, pumpkin pie spice would also work)
2 TBSP applesauce (optional, or just use more juice)
2 TBSP apple butter
2 TBSP apple juice (more if necessary)
2 TBSP dried diced apples (I cut up some apple rings, but I'm considering Bob's Red Mill Diced Dried Apples for future use)
1-2 TBSP agave (or sweetener of choice)
Because I'm really lazy and don't want to wash anything extra, I start with the flax egg at the bottom of a mug, and mix the rest of the ingredients in. Your final product should have a paste-like consistency. Microwave the mug on high for 1 1/2-2 minutes, and enjoy!
I also tried my hand at a pumpkin variation, with Trader Joe's pumpkin butter, So Delicious vanilla coconut yogurt, and So Delicious vanilla coconut milk. Now I have some diced mango coming in, and mango juice/mango butter at home - I'm looking forward to some mango cake! I'm also considering some form of carrot cake, which I've always wanted to make....
Note that another reason I ended up halving the original cake recipe was that my mugs didn't seem big enough, but if you have some nice giant mugs feel free to double the portions above, as well as the cooking time.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Coconut cupcakes
Cupcakes:
1½ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ cup coconut oil
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup sweetened coconut water with pulp
1 cup agave (or other sweetener of choice)
1½ tsp vanilla extract
1½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
splash of coconut rum (optional, I had it around so I threw it in)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line muffin tin(s) with paper liners, set aside. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda. In a separate bowl combine the oil, coconut milk, coconut water, agave, and vanilla. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until smooth. Fold in 1½ cup of unsweetened coconut. Fill each muffin tin about two-thirds full. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes; the cupcakes should be slightly browned around the edges and spring back when touched. Remove them from the muffin tin and place on a cooling rack.
Frosting
Now, I wanted to use the leftover canned coconut milk to make frosting, but I didn't have any margarine (or sugar, or an electric mixer). Frosting was becoming a challenge to me, since most online recipes required these items, and I really didn't want to buy them. Surely there had to be another option? Well, first I found this, which still required sugar (and chocolate), but I felt I was getting closer - at least it called for stove top heating, and stirring instead of mixing. Then I found this recipe, which was made on a stove with liquid sweetener and cornstarch - I had those! Again, it was chocolate, but I felt like I was getting someplace. And while I did have cornstarch, I thought this might be a good use for the sweet rice flour I had picked up in an Asian market months ago and not used yet. I also wanted to use some of the Matamis Na Bao (coconut caramel). A few modifications later, I came up with more of a frosting glaze, but at least I know now that it's not impossible!
Coconut-caramel frosting:
4-6 oz coco milk
½ cup agave
¼ cup Matamis na bao/coconut caramel
2 tbsp coconut oil
¼ cup sweet rice flour
Pour everything into a small saucepan except the rice flour. Bring the mixture to a boil, and slowly whisk in the rice flour until you achieve desired thickness. Let the mixture cool off, then use to frost cooled cupcakes.
I have to admit, I'm rather excited about the frosting... I can see swapping out the coconut caramel for some fruit "butter" - the possibilities are endless!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Pumpkin pie muffins
I warn you, the result is seriously intense pumpkin flavor, which is why I've named them Pumpkin *pie* muffins - it's pie flavor in muffin form. If you don't have a pumpkin love affair and want only moderate pumpkin flavor (e.g., a normal pumpkin muffin), go with one of the original recipes.
Ingredients:
- 1 Box Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Bread/Muffin Mix
- 2 Eggs
- ½ Cup of Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter
- 1 Cup of Water
- 1 15oz Can of Trader Joe’s Organic Pumpkin
- 1 tsp Cinnamon & 1 tsp Nutmeg (optional)
- OR 1-2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (optional)
- Splash of vanilla extract (optional)
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Mix the two eggs, pumpkin butter, and water. (Note the original directions call for mixing with a whisk; one sore forearm later, I can't imagine any reason not to use an electric mixer or a blender.) Thoroughly incorporate the pumpkin, then the powdered mix bit by bit. Now you can add spice, if you like - I added Pumpkin Pie spice, and a splash of vanilla extract. Mix it all together, one last time.Spoon the batter into muffin tins - I used wrappers, but I assume you could just spray the tins and pour them straight in. I got 18 small muffins from my mix, but it could have easily gone to 20 if I had more tins. Bake for approximately 25 minutes, or until the knife or toothpick you insert comes out clean.
Gooey pumpkin heaven....