Wednesday

28

December 2011

Triple-Layer Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Coconut Frosting & Raspberry Sauce

The Triple-layer Chocolate Raspberry Cake I made for Christmas this year! Gluten free, Soy free, Dairy free, Peanut free, Tree nut free. I did use soy-free eggs, but you could also use egg replacement product instead.

See recipe below:

My favorite cake recipe I’ve made so far:

  • Follow directions on cake mix, but instead of all the water called for, use half So Delicious coconut milk (chocolate or vanilla–I use chocolate) and the rest water. I also used a few tablespoons of fresh raspberry juice instead of vanilla extract

For the Raspberry/Coconut frosting:

  • 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 3/4 cup non-dairy buttery spread or “butter of your choice. I used Olivio coconut spread, which goes nicely with the fresh raspberry sauce.
  • 2-4 tablespoons of So Delicious coconut milk (sugar free)
  • 2 tablespoons of fresh raspberry juice
  • Mix together, add more coconut milk or raspberry juice if the frosting is too thick, add more powdered sugar if it’s too thin.

Raspberry Sauce:

  • 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
  • 3-5 tablespoons cane sugar
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • Bring ingredients to boil over medium high heat. Heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture thickens. I crush the raspberries with a spoon in the process to get a thicker consistency, but you could also leave them whole or in pieces if desired.
  • Cut the cake and drizzle the raspberry sauce over the top. Happy Holidays on a plate! <3

Monday

26

December 2011

Happy Christmas!

Wishing you all a magical, safe, healthy and happy Christmas and holidays!

Here are some bits of my first soy-free and legume free (3rd Gluten-free) Christmas.

My Christmas grassfed beef roast with veggies and red wine sauce before the oven.

Getting pumped for the roast!

My Triple Layer Chocolate Raspberry Cake, which I will be posting about in more detail in the next upcoming post.

^^ Stay tuned for more about my triple layer cake with homemade raspberry sauce!^^

Max, ready for his close up.

Max, ready for his close up.

Dancing on Christmas morning

Beautiful Christmas flowers from my sister

Blinking red and green

Cozy

Decadent….and it was actually easy to make.

 The Merriest Christmas and happy holidays to you and yours. Peace on Earth, and goodwill to your tummies =)