Desserts

Raw Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberry Cream + Guided Meditation CD Giveaway

Posted by on Mar 3, 2013 in Cakes & Bakes, Dessert, Feature Slider, Giveaway | 10 comments

Raw Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberry Cream + Guided Meditation CD Giveaway

My beautiful husband celebrated his 34th birthday yesterday and I made him this delicious raw chocolate mousse cake with raspberry cream.  This was my first attempt at an original raw dessert and I was super excited with the result.  I have a new found love for raw food following my 30 day raw food detox in early 2012 which I didn’t complete, lasting only 10 days (still a pretty good effort for a first timer).  Since then I have educated myself and started experimenting more with raw food recipes – primarily, sweet ones!  I am amazed...

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Blueberry & Almond Torte

Posted by on Nov 12, 2012 in Dessert, Feature Slider | 3 comments

Blueberry & Almond Torte

I made this torte on the weekend and it was an absolute hit! I also made the raspberry and white chocolate tart featured in the background of the picture below which you can find the for recipe at Not Quite Nigella. This delicious blueberry and almond torte is an adaptation of a Jamie Oliver recipe for a hazlenut torte, I don’t like hazelnuts so I used almonds instead, added blueberries, omitted the poppy seeds and used lemon zest in place of orange, I also replaced the ricotta with marscapone because I already had some in the fridge . ...

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Cardamom Pod + Pumpkin Cheesecake with Buderim Ginger

Posted by on Oct 15, 2012 in Dessert, Veg Out | 0 comments

Cardamom Pod + Pumpkin Cheesecake with Buderim Ginger

A few months ago my husband and I drove to the Gold Coast with some friends to watch the AFL, Gold Coast Suns -v- Freemantle Dockers – this was the Suns first home victory and it was an awesome game of football!  After the game, we ventured into Broadbeach to find somewhere to satisfy our voracious appetites and stumbled upon the Cardamom Pod, which turned out to be one of the best vegetarian restaurants I have been to.  While there, I discovered that the original Cardamom Pod was founded in Byron Bay and still exists there (why I have...

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Chocolate, Carrot & Date Cake

Posted by on Mar 14, 2012 in Cakes & Bakes, Dessert | 3 comments

Chocolate, Carrot & Date Cake

My kids are fussy eaters and I am always trying to find new ways to sneak more fruits and vegetables into the foods they eat.  This delicious chocolate cakes is made with mashed carrot, dried dates and pure cacao powder which is a powerful antioxidant and very high in protein.  I don’t know many kids that will turn down chocolate cake and although this recipe contains sugar it is certainly a better choice than most other recipes as it has less fat and less refined sugar. Everyone loves this cake – I took some into the office with me...

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