Blood Orange & Blackberry Vanilla Gluten Free Cake with Warm Orange Syrup & Fresh Mint

I love a good flourless cake! The texture, the density. My usual ‘go to’ cake recipe is a rich flourless chocolate cake (I’ll have to share the recipe soon), and also my Beetroot and Chocolate Cake. Yum! But for the times I don’t feel like chocolate, rather something a little more fruity, this Blood Orange and Blackberry Vanilla Cake is the recipe I turn to.

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Banana & Maple Layer Cake with Avocado Chocolate Frosting

Banana, maple, avocado and chocolate may sound like a strange combination, but combined in this new recipe makes the most delicious refined sugar and dairy free cake! The flavours just seem to work!

This recipe calls for six bananas, which may seem like a lot, but do ensure you add them all in as this is where the cake gets most of it’s moisture and sweetness from. During the layering process, I also like to drizzle and spread around a little extra maple syrup, to help keep the cake moist and dense. This also gives the cake some added extra maple flavour.

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Roasted Beetroot & Quinoa Salad

I love a good simple salad, especially one that can stand as a meal on its own. Today’s new roasted beetroot and quinoa salad recipe is just that! It’s light, earthy and almost perfect for all occasions. The most time consuming part of this recipe is the roasting of the beetroot and the preparation of the quinoa (about 45 minutes). You could easily prepare these ahead of time so to make it easier at the time of serving.

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