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Almond Flour & Lemon Cake

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There are more and more recipes now being published using almond flour in place of regular white flour. It is a healthier option as it’s a more natural product with less processing. Also it’s good for those who want to reduce their white flour and carb intake. Almond Flour is not the same as Ground Almonds. It’s finer so has a different texture. It adds a lovely flavour to any bake and cakes then to be less dense using almond flour.

You only need a bowl, a whisk and spoon to make this flour free, butter free delicious cake! And about 10 mins to get into the oven.

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Soft Toffee Muffins

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This recipe was originally for a loaf cake style but the amount of flour meant it wouldn’t rise much so I thought it might work better as small muffins and it did. I doubled the recipe to make 12 muffins. They don’t rise a lot but filling them about 2/3 of the way will ensure you get a decent result.

There’s no butter either; I used sunflower oil and instead of golden caster sugar, I used organic, non refined coconut sugar which gave the muffins a rich golden colour when baked.

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No sugar, No flour, No butter Apple & Cinnamon Muffins

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Okay, I’ll start by saying the original recipe turns out lovely and it’s relatively quick and easy, all in a blender basically and produces perfectly good muffins which I have to add, taste unbelievably good! Soooo here’s where my slight fussiness comes in … I felt they were sort of a bit well, spongey? Is that a word?

I didn’t feel they were as light as muffins should be so I wanted to try a different method which I hoped would result in a more familiar muffin texture. Call me pedantic but that’s why I started this blog – to take out the guessing from baking and helping (and hoping) that your bakes turn out perfectly.

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