GF blueberry muffins

Blueberry Muffins
The recipe is adapted from the gluten free goddess.

Ingredients:

1 cup almond flour (or hazelnut)
1/2 cup sorghum flour (or brown rice)
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/4 cup coconut flour (can grind unsweetened coconut)
1 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons double acting baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (can skip)
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (can skip)
1/2 cup organic virgin coconut oil, melted
3 free-range organic eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk (buttermilk is delicious)
2 teaspoons bourbon or Tahitian vanilla
2 cups blueberries, washed, drained well, patted dry (frozen wild blueberries work well)

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 12-muffin tin with paper liners.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, starch, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Add in the coconut oil, eggs, non-dairy milk, and vanilla and beat to combine. Continue beating for 2 minutes until the batter is smooth. It should not be overly wet or too dry- this batter is a fairly moist batter, akin to thick cake batter. If the coconut flour has absorbed too much liquid and the batter appears dryish, add another tablespoon of non-dairy milk to loosen it.

Stir in the blueberries by hand, using a big spoon or silicone spatula.

Using a spoon, drop the batter into the 12 muffin cups and smooth out tops with wet fingers. Bake in the center of the oven for 22-25 minutes, until domed and golden brown. A cake tester inserted into the center should emerge clean.

Cool on a wire rack of five minutes, then turn out the muffins to continue cooling on the rack.

Absolutely divine still warm. We ate devoured ours with a big schmear of our favorite vegan "butter".

Makes one dozen muffins.

Chocolate Coconut Pound Cake

Chocolate Coconut Pound Cake

Thank you, Donna Cervalli, for sharing this delicious recipe from Bon 
Appetite @ https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/chocolate-coconut-pound-cake



INGREDIENTS

¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more1½ cups all-purpose flour½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder1 teaspoon kosher salt¾ teaspoon baking powder½ cup virgin coconut oil, room temperature1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar3 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract⅔ cup buttermilk¼ cup unsweetened coconut flakes

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 325°. 

2. Butter an 8½x4½" loaf pan; line with parchment paper, leaving a generous overhang on long sides. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl; set aside.

3. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat oil, ¼ cup butter, and 1½ cups sugar until pale and fluffy, 5–7 minutes. 

4. Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend between additions; beat until mixture is very light and doubled in volume, 5–8 minutes. 

5. Add vanilla.
6. Reduce mixer speed to low and add dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients (do not overmix; it will cause cake to buckle and split). 

7. Scrape batter into prepared pan and run a spatula through the center, creating a canal. Sprinkle with coconut and remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar.
8. Bake cake, tenting with foil if coconut browns too much before cake is done (it should be very dark and toasted), until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 70–80 minutes. 

9. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cake cool in pan 20 minutes before turning out.

Cake can be baked 5 days ahead. Keep tightly wrapped at room temperature.