Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake

I have been playing around in the kitchen lately and wanted to come up with a breakfast cake or muffin that I could make up and then have leftovers for the next morning.  I think I've finally found the recipe!  

My kids devoured this and everybody (including the super picky one) had seconds, in my house that's a winner.  

You will need: 

3/4 Cup Avocado Oil 

1/2 Cup Maple Syrup

4 Eggs

1/2 Cup Milk

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 1/2 Cup Almond Flour

1/2 Cup Coconut Flour

2 tsp Baking Soda

2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

2 Cup peeled and chopped Apples

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix everything except for apples.  Make sure that everything is incorporated really well.  Stir in apples.  Pour into a 9X13 oiled pan.  Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.  Let cool 5-10 minutes and then ENJOY! 

Chocolate Chip Bread

I promised this recipe to many of you on Tuesday but I got distracted getting ready for Christmas and packing to move on the 30th and sadly this blog flew out of my head!  I'm so sorry and hopefully this bread will make up for my neglecting you. 

I woke up Monday dreaming of chocolate and bread and this is what I whipped up.  If you try it and like it please please please share this post with your friends, pretty please!

3 cups gluten free all purpose flour (regular flour works too)

1/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tbsp baking soda

1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp cinnamon

1/2 cup red palm oil

1/2 cup softened cream cheese

1/2 cup water (start off with a 1/4 cup and add more if needed)

1 bag chocolate chips (we use Enjoy Life)

 

Fill two bread pans half way full and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.

Going Gluten Free- The Chocolate Cake

This is our family's favorite chocolate cake.  It really reminds me of a brownie more than a cake.  When we first went gluten free I did a search for flourless chocolate cake and found a recipe that I have since tweaked to make it fit our taste.  I hope you all like it as much as we do.  

You will need:

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/2 cup maple syrup or honey

3 eggs

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp sea salt (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 and butter an 8 inch round baking pan.  Coarsely chop chocolate.  Use a double broiler or metal pan over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate with butter.  Stir constantly until smooth.  Remove from heat and whisk syrup or honey into chocolate mixture.  Add eggs and whisk.  Slowly stir cocoa powder, vanilla, cinnamon, and sea salt into chocolate mixture, mix until combined. Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven for 25 minutes.   Let cool in pan on a rack before serving.  

This makes one 8 inch cake.   

Going Gluten Free- Part 4

This was, and still is, the hardest part for me.  Playing with gluten free baking ingredients.  

I'm going to be really honest with you here; I struggle with trying new foods.  I like the foods and textures that I grew up eating.  All of these other things and textures kind of scared me!  

However, I wasn't going to show that fear to my kids.  I slapped on a smile and bought a small fortune of baking ingredients.  

I decided that the easiest thing to do would be to find one or two recipes and play around in the kitchen a few days a week.  I firmly believe that treats are just that, treats, and so we only have them in the house once or twice a month.  However, I did not want to be scrambling around at the last minute if I needed a special dish!

I went to Google and found a banana bread recipe and a brownie recipe.  These are our two favorites so I wanted to have a good recipe for both.  

Well the banana bread came out "okay" but the brownies were a disaster! 

I have actually not really found a brownie recipe that we love but I will keep hunting until I do. 

 I have really learned to experiment more in the kitchen and accept failure as it comes, and trust me I have made some seriously nasty stuff.  However, I have actually made some delicious dishes as well! 

Next week I will share our favorite gluten free desert with you!