These cupcakes are dense, rich and chocolatey. I prefer to use good quality cocoa powder for a richer taste. The recipe below is based on a 250 ml cup as equal to 1 cup. I recommend using the spoon and level method to measure ingredients (spoon in the ingredient and then level it off withContinueContinue reading “Almond Meal Chocolate Cupcakes (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)”
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Easy Vegan Chocolate Icing
This dairy free/vegan chocolate icing is rich, tasty and very easy to make. The cup measurements are based on a 250 ml cup as equal to 1 cup. This makes enough icing to ice about 15 to 20 cupcakes. What you need: 1 cup of dairy free/vegan spread (I prefer Olivani) 2 cups of icingContinueContinue reading “Easy Vegan Chocolate Icing”
Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes (Gluten Free)
It is currently citrus season in New Zealand and zingy, citrusy flavours, such as lemon, are a perfect way to bring summer-like happiness to cold winter days. The number of cupcakes this recipe makes depends on how big the muffin cases you use are – I have ended up with three different sizes as IContinueContinue reading “Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes (Gluten Free)”
Chocolate Cake (Gluten Free)
This is a light, versatile chocolate cake recipe. I sometimes make it as a sheet cake, topped with simple chocolate icing or a sprinkling of icing sugar, as a treat for picnics. I have also baked it as a layer cake for a birthday, deliciously iced with whipped chocolate ganache. The instructions here are forContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Cake (Gluten Free)”
Peanut Butter and Honey Icing
When my son told me that he wanted a chocolate cake with peanut butter and honey between the layers for his birthday, I was not at all convinced. But then I thought about how to adapt his preference into a flavoured icing and this light, fluffy, dreamy icing ended up coming together and working beautifullyContinueContinue reading “Peanut Butter and Honey Icing”
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