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Blood Orange Cranberry Cake

1/27/2022

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This cake is so tender and luscious (and secretly healthier!) thanks to olive oil and nonfat yogurt. My taste-testers went wild over it: “Incredible!” “Phenomenal!”
​The gorgeous pink icing is achieved naturally from blood orange juice! 
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​Things to Note:
  • If you can’t find blood oranges where you are, feel free to sub navel oranges, or your fave citrus fruit.
  • I realize not many people are wacky enough to freeze cranberries in November for future use, so i've given an option in the recipe for dried cranberries, but be aware that they won't have the burst of juiciness you get from fresh cranberries.
  • I haven't tried it in this recipe, but fresh raspberries would probably be a great idea to achieve that extra juicy factor. and you could use them to color the icing!
  • ​Note that yogurt should be regular, not greek. I use nonfat, but low-fat would work fine, too. ​


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Lemon Lime Olive Oil Cake

1/20/2022

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An anytime cake. You can even skip the icing and serve plain, or with a dusting of powdered sugar. Feel free to sub any citrus fruit you have on hand. Orange would be excellent. 
​Note that yogurt should be regular, not greek. I use nonfat, but low-fat would work fine, too. 

Yield: one 9" round or 8" square cake

​Ingredients:

Cake:
granulated sugar: 
1 1/4 cup
lemon zest (one lemon)
lime zest (one lime)

sea salt: ​½ tsp.
baking powder: 1 tsp
baking soda: ​½ tsp
lemon extract: 1/4 tsp.
lime extract: 1/4 tsp.
extra virgin olive oil: 3/4 cup
plain nonfat yogurt, room temp.: 3/4 cup
freshly squeezed lemon juice: 2 Tbsp
freshly squeezed lime juice: 2 Tbsp
eggs, room temperature: 2
flour: 
1 3/4 cups


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Stamped Chocolate Shortbread

1/16/2022

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No need to buy cookie stamps...use kitchen tools to create texture!
​See my Spicy Stamped Cookie recipe for details on the tools–scroll to bottom for pix. If you don't feel like stamping, skip step 7 in the recipe. These cookies are just as yummy without texture. :-)

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some tips:
  • butter — feel free to substitute vegan butter. i've done it and they turn out awesome. Most vegan butter has salt, but if you can find it, Earth Balance now has unsalted vegan butter sticks. If your butter has salt, omit the salt in the recipe.
  • black cocoa — if you don't have access to this oreo-like wonder, you can substitute natural cocoa. However, i HIGHLY recommend you make the effort to get it.​​


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