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Creamy Espresso Frosting

cre_esp_froWe are wild about what a simple shot or two of espresso does to a cake....so we decided to see if it would tone down frosting. Wow, we hit the jackpot with this frosting! For Emily's 16th birthday, the kid who doesn't love coffee or chocolate wanted our , GF Chocolate Espresso Cake that tastes like a creamy Starbucks cake, with the worlds best Creamy Espresso Frosting!

Add Creamy Espresso Frosting to any chocolate or vanilla cake, and you have a taste combination that might well send you to the moon and back. Utterly fantastic!

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Gluten Free Nectarine Crisp with Stevia

The old jingle "Summer, summer fruits, it wouldn't be summer without them," always pops through my mind as I carefully search the fruit available during the summer. While we normally try to eat grain free, sometimes we just want a peach cobbler or a nectarine crisp to scream resolutely - it was summer - we made beautiful desserts out of summer's bounty.

Other times, a box of perfect, sweet smelling nectarines or a summer stand basket full of peaches are purchased,  yet never fully ripen. What to do with fruit that needs to be used, yet is not particularly tasty raw? Well our gluten free nectarine crisp is the answer for using up peaches, plums and nectarines that never quite riped, and it is as easy as could be, baked in the Pampered Chef Mini Baker.

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Cashew Blondies ~ Grain & Sugar Free

A typical Saturday craving washed over us after getting home from farmers market. As I put away loads of fresh veggies, preparing and cutting them for the week for some reason, an overwhelming desire for brownies hit me. Something on our eating plan which is very paleo, primal, GAPS, anti-inflammatory diet, so that meant no sugar, yucky sweeteners, grains, gluten or dairy.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

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Chocolate Stevia Coconut Candy

cho_coc_canCoconut Candy has been a favorite treat since before we left California. That hot, exhausting summer was spent stripping wallpaper applied to our model home, in quarter size chunks. Yes, you read that right, chunks the size of a quarter. Room after room of tedious, fingernail splitting, monotonous work, done with the goal of redoing our entire home to sell. Cocoa Coconut Candy gave us the energy to power through the days of stripping, refinishing walls, paining and all the other projects we were doing.

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GF Coconut Cake from Poet Emily Dickinson

I have had an ongoing obsession with Emily Dickinson, the New England poet, for years, even naming our daughter after her. While her poetry has captured my heart, who knew she actually loved to bake. One of her favorites was a Coconut Cake and when I read the recipe, knew I had to convert Emily's orginal, into a gluten free, quick and easy adaptation from a mix! I know, cheater, cheater, but alas, we do what we have got to do to recreate historic recipes in the gluten free world we now inhabit!

Enjoy this moist and wonderful Gluten Free Coconut Cake from Emily Dickinson...it makes a great breakfast. Not that we evuh eat cake for breakie around here!

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Cinnamon Crumb Cake ~ Grain and Sugar Free

Just popped a luscious Cinnamon Crumb Cake ~ Grain & Sugar Free recipe into the oven. Cinnamon Crumb Cake is gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free (just stevia!) and high protein, high fiber, low carb and tons of staying power!! Safe for those on paleo, primal and anti-inflammatory eating plans, you can even sneak this delicious recipe into a GAPS eating plan and do well.

Cinnamon Crumb Cake would make fabulous muffins!

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Bride's Cake ~ Anniversary Cake

ImageDo you need a beautiful wedding cake, bride's cake, or anniversary cake? Try this fabulous recipe adapting a simple cake mix based recipe and adapting it to fit a wedding cake size. Guests raved over the recreation of my parents original wedding cake, on their 40th anniversary! Brides Cake ~ Anniversary Cake was served when they renewed their vows and celebrated with over 70 guests, all enjoying this beautiful, delicious, fluffy white cake. Not only was it delicious, but it held up well on a hot, Southern California June evening.

Brides Cake ~ Anniversary Cake is perfect for an intimate wedding. Need more cake, adapt the mix, making a 3 layer version, which can always be surrounded with additional cupcakes to serve more.

Directions are for one 8 inch round cake. Additional mixes are needed per additional layer or larger cakes.

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Pastry Crème Filling

ImagePastry Crème Filling is a luscious French dessert recipe for creating a rich custardy, vanilla cream filling or creme patissiere. Elegantly sandwiched between layers of our beautiful Anniversary Cake, Pastry Crème Filling turns a cake from simple to sublime.

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Sugar Free Cashew Cream Frosting

So how exactly do you pull together a sugar free, dairy free frosting, when they make up the main ingredients of frosting? Sugar Free Cashew Cream Frosting is a total paradigm shift, that nets a beautiful, spreadable frosting. Not quite the same texture as regular frosting (like our Creamy White Frosting which is loaded with sugar, dairy, whipping cream and butter) but delicious, in a new way.

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Lemon Coconut Flour Cupcakes

Just popped a dozen luscious Lemon Coconut Flour Cupcakes ~ Grain & Sugar Free into the oven, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free (just stevia!) and high protein, high fiber, low carb and tons of staying power!! Found the cutest little cupcake papers from Paula Deen at Michael's (for less than $1 for 50!) and we determined to morph our growing body of coconut flour recipes into a cute little cupcake.

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Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

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Cream Cheese Frosting is a delicious, cream cheese based frosting that frosts with a more informal look. It is wildly delicious, with the tart cream cheese cutting the extreme sugary taste of frosting.  While I frosted our 15th Anniversary Cake out of  it at my husband's request, it is not the BEST frosting to frost a formal cake with. It does not hold up as crisply as a buttercream will! But my goal was to please my husband and make him happy!

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Peanut Butter Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free

Peanut Butter Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free, on a gluten free, grain free, mostly dairy & sugar free diet. Yup!

These luscious cookies are a major splurge, respect them. Have them once in a blue moon. Peanut Butter Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free are the easiest thing to make ever. Our easy coconut flour cookie recipe can be adapted so many ways and is quickly becoming a vital staple in a gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet! Peanut Butter Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free are packed with protein and fiber, and fills you up with a small amount, making it both healthy and yummy!

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Lemon Blueberry Coconut Flour Cake

Just popped a luscious Lemon Blueberry Coconut Flour Cake ~ Grain & Sugar Free recipe into the oven, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free (just stevia!) and high protein, high fiber, low carb and tons of staying power!! Won't tell you how many fresh blueberries were eaten in the making of this cake!

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Chocolate Chip Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & mostly Sugar Free

Chocolate Chip Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & mostly Sugar Free, on a gluten free, grain free, mostly dairy & sugar free diet. Yup!

These luscious cookies are a major splurge, respect them. Have them once in a blue moon. Chocolate Chip Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & mostly Sugar Free are the easiest thing to make ever, quickly becoming a vital staple in a gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet! Chocolate Chip Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & mostly Sugar Free are packed with protein and fiber, and fills you up with a small amount, making it both healthy and yummy!

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Vanilla Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free

Nothing inspires me like a new ingredient! We finally found coconut flour locally, and we have been working on a new recipe each week, using coconut flour. Vanilla Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free are the easiest thing to make ever, quickly becoming a vital staple in a gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet! Vanilla Coconut Flour Cookies ~ Grain & Sugar Free are packed with protein and fiber, and fills you up with a small amount, making it both healthy and yummy!

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Rhubarb Walnut Crisp ~ Sugar Free

Our dear friends, the Valles, brought by some fresh rhubarb, cut from another friend's garden. They are so faithful to share God's amazing provision with us, all year long and we appreciate it.

Decided to try a sugar free rhubarb dessert. Last years attempts to make a rhubarb crisp with straight stevia did not quite make it. Why? Rhubarb is too zingy tart to just have stevia, you need some sort of natural sweetener. So how do you calm the tart taste of the rhubarby without using regular sugar? My new favorite item, low glycemic, thoroughly yummy coconut sugar! And oh what a yummy Rhubarb Walnut Crisp ~ Sugar Free it turned out to be. Hats off to RhubarbInfo.com, who has a million and one rhubarb recipes to inspire anyone!

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Resurrection Cookies with Stevia

 

Resurrection Cookies are a favorite from years ago and have been something I send out at Easter. In the photo above, you will see our regular Resurrection Cookies snuggled in amongst white and pink dogwoods, which flower each Easter and point wholeheartedly toward Christ. Not sure where the original recipe came from, beyond a wonderful group of homeschool moms who love the Lord. Whoever figured this out - thank you!

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Resurrection Cookies for Easter

 

Resurrection Cookies are a favorite from years ago and have been something I send out at Easter. In the photo above, you will see the Resurrection Cookies snuggled in amongst white and pink dogwoods, which flower each Easter and point wholeheartedly toward Christ. Not sure where the original recipe came from, beyond a wonderful group of homeschool moms who love the Lord. Whoever figured this out - thank you!

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Easy Espresso Brownies from a Mix

eas_esp_broWhen you need a quick recipe to mix up and serve to a crowd, Easy Espresso Brownies from a Mix are sure to please every time! Whip up a double batch in less than an hour, and you will have a fabulous dessert that folks LOVE!

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Cinnamon Roll Scones ~ GF CF

When you pull gluten, flour, ALL grains, ALL flours, real sugar, fake sugar, maple syrup, honey and all milk products out of your life, in a total GFCF, sugar-free, grain-free lifestlye - there is not much left in the area of baked sweets.

Yet somehow, on my birthday, I was craving English style scones. Hot buttery, real scones, fluffy, biscuity, yummy, filled with lemon curd and freshly whipped cream, or various jellies and jams along with freshly whipped cream, served with a pot of English tea.

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Pecan Coconut Stevia Frosting ~ Sugar Free

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When you need a stevia based recipe for German Chocolate cake frosting, the ultra yummy Pecan Coconut Stevia Frosting is your ticket! We made this for my husband's birthday cake and it was great! While it did not look as pretty and glossy as a normal Pecan Coconut Frosting, this stevia based version TASTED great! And taste is what mattered!

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German Chocolate Cake ~ Grain Free

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After creating our Fudgy Rich Brownies with Almond Flour - GF CF I was determined to both stay on our eating program and make some sort of German Chocolate Cake that was grain and sugar free. Continuing our experiments with the hot stash of Trader Joe's Almond Meal, for my birthday, came up with this slightly sweet, thoroughly decadent grain free, sugar free German Chocolate Cake with almond and coconut flour that is GFCF.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Snack Cake GF CF

cho_pb_sna_cak3Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Snack Cake GF CF was born out of total desperation - we wanted a treat out of limited ingredients! If you have bananas, peanut butter, eggs an some coconut flour - you can whip up this snack cake. Especially fun for the kids with a dollop of fruit only jam on top!

This isn't as fudgy rich or wonderful as our Fudgy Rich Brownies, but it is an interesting protein loaded snack cake that will tide you over until lunch, or give you a burst of blood sugar stabilizing protein until dinner.

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Fudgy Rich Brownies with Almond Flour - GF CF

Our Trader Joe's run last summer netted 2 bags of Almond Meal and we had a hankering for something slightly sweet, thoroughly decadent, but were determined to stay on our eating program. Yup. The eating program again!

The goal was to make brownies with almond flour, a gluten free, casein free treat, using what we had. The desire was to make something low carb, LOW sugar, no atrocious sweeteners, that was GAPS diet, Paleo/Primal friendly, without the worldview. Do you make this sort of effort to cook? We do!

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Coconut Gelatin ~ Coconut Happiness

Wild about coconut, and deeply committed to our gluten free, casein free, sugar free lifestyle, I sat looking at a box of coconut milk, craving dessert.

Coconut Gelatin was born out of that, a simple dessert that cooked up in about 5 minutes, then took another hour to set. Coconut Gelatin got RAVE REVIEWS from our family and Emily insists that it be called Coconut Happiness, the other name does not quite describe it adequately. We sat and watched Biggest Loser and ate it, which makes you ponder calories and fat, something I normally am not big on. Nutrition is the name of the game and I do count carbs, though not obsessively.

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Chocolate Ganache Glaze

cho_gan_cakChocolate Ganache Glaze has been my go to Ganache recipe for years! Elegant, delicious, rich, you will love having this simple Ganache recipe in your repertoire. Make it once and you will wonder what you ever did before knowing how to do it. Here you will see how we are glueing together a cake disaster with it! So yummy, no one will notice!

Banana Orange Cake GF CF

While out scouting around the web, I found this fabulous blog, Family2Table written by Chef Emily Duff. I thoroughly enjoyed reading her fabulous blog and highly suggest you check out her interesting take on REAL FOOD!

Gotta love a fellow foodie!

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How to Fix a Cake Disaster

How to Fix a Cake Disaster

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How to Fix a Bundt Cake Disaster That Falls Apart into a Million Pieces and Get it To Bible Study on Time

Humility being our specialty - we are just going to admit how spectacular this cake ended up!

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Chocolate Espresso Bundt Cake

How do you turn a simple box of regular old cake mix into a moist,  Chocolate Espresso Cake that tastes like a delicious Starbucks infused, bundt cake? Simple, follow the directions below to really jazz up a plain, box mix into something SPECTACULAR! Super simple and easy to make for a quick birthday cake or potluck, especially when drizzled with Chocolate Ganache.

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Curtis Stone's Biggest Loser Raspberry Cupcakes - 100 Calories

Are you a Biggest Loser fan? In Season 9, the contestants had a "Cupcake Challenge" where they had to eat cupcakes, to get clues on finding a one pound advantage. After the challenge, celebrity chef Curtis Stone took the contestants into the kitchen and taught them how to make a Raspberry Cupcake, with only 100 calories each.

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Coconut Stevia Macaroons ~ Sugar Free

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We were craving something yummy tonight, but on a very strict eating plan of meat, veggies, eggs. We can have coconut flakes and VCO, and I was looking for some sort of recipe to utilize them, but without using any sugar or fake, artificial sweeteners. Adapting this Coconut Macaroon recipe made these happy little cookies turn out pretty well for a sugar free, low carb treat!

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VCO - Maple Popcorn - GFCF Snack

If you have been put on a dairy/casein free diet, it can be frustrating in the beginning. Add this wonderful virgin coconut oil based Maple Popcorn to your repertoire and enjoy a yummy dairy free snack!  We love popcorn as a family and we love butter on it and when going 100% casein free diet (no dairy) it has made popcorn a torture test. Sweet, salty and almost a dessert, you are going to love natural, sugar free, Maple Popcorn.

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Chewy Cupcake Brownies - GFCF - 1 point

che_cup_cak_bro3Chewy Cupcake Brownies can be made GLUTEN FREE and CASEIN FREE - GFCF

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Peanut Butter Frosting

Peanut Butter Frosting

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Rocky Road Fudge - Stove Top

Each year, we would make dozens of batches of this incredibly easy, microwave fudge recipe. An all time holiday favorite, we would spend days making hundreds of pieces of a variety of fudge each year for our clients, wrapping them up carefully in cute little gift bags. They would start hounding Dave around Thanksgiving each year, raving about the different things we brought. This is an all time favorite recipe, which we originally got off the back of a Jet Puffed Marshmallow jar, named Fantasy Fudge. This easy Chocolate Fudge recipe is so flexible, that each year, we experimented with different ingredients creating many different types of fudge.

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Peanut Butter Fudge ~ Stove Top

 

Each year, we would make dozens of batches of this incredibly easy, microwave fudge recipe. An all time holiday favorite, we would spend days making hundreds of pieces of a variety of fudge each year for our clients, wrapping them up carefully in cute little gift bags. They would start hounding Dave around Thanksgiving each year, raving about the different things we brought.

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Chocolate Fudge - Stove Top

Each year, we would make dozens of batches of this incredibly easy, microwave fudge recipe. An all time holiday favorite, we would spend days making hundreds of pieces of a variety of fudge each year for our clients, wrapping them up carefully in cute little gift bags. They would start hounding Dave around Thanksgiving each year, raving about the different things we brought. This is an all time favorite recipe, which we originally got off the back of a Jet Puffed Marshmallow jar, named Fantasy Fudge. This easy Chocolate Fudge recipe is so flexible, that each year, we experimented with different ingredients creating many different types of fudge.

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Coffee Lover's Only English Toffee Sundae

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My all time favorite ice cream creation is from Cold Stone Creamery's signature creation, Coffee Lover's Only. The nearest Cold Stone is over the Blue Ridge Mountains and in the next state, so we had to come up with an alternative!

Create your own restaurant remake Coffee Lover's Only treat by scooping coffee ice cream, chopped English Toffee, roasted almonds and topping with our creamy, easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce. The original Coffee Lover's Only recipe calls for caramel, so if you prefer that, simply switch it to our Hot Caramel Sauce recipe!

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Hot Caramel Sauce

Want a buttery Hot Caramel Sauce, otherwise known as a Caramel Glaze, without high fructose corn syrup? Enjoy this super simple recipe without all the toxic additives in HFCS. Whip this up in minutes and enjoy it today!

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Chocolate Cake GF with Peanut Butter Frosting

Inspired by a Paula Deen cake baked by a friend, for our Gluten Free Christmas, we whipped up this easy, breezy Gluten Free Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting!

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GF Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls

When your last name is Baughn, and you see Cinnabon, there is a personal connection! We love the ooey gooey rolls and always call them CinnaBaughn! We have been looking and trying different cinnamon rolls, trying to get one we really like! This recipe is adapted from Recipezaar, which based it on Todd Wilbur's MORE TOP SECRET RECIPES. The dough can easily be prepared in your bread machine, just follow your manufacturer's order of ingredients and be sure to put it on “dough” cycle.

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GF Delectable Cranberry Cake

This is the most Delectable Cranberry Cake you will ever taste and this is the GLUTEN FREE version of the top requested item from our client's each Christmas! Friends that we have shared the recipe with still write us to let us know it is cranberry season and time to make this cake again! It is a yummy, moist treat that everyone absolutely loves. The contrasts are what make it such a treat, the blend between tart cranberries and the slightly sweet cake are irresistable, and a slightly crisp top with a delicate cake inside.

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Peanut Butter Fudge Microwave

Each year, we would make dozens of batches of this incredibly easy, microwave fudge recipe. An all time holiday favorite, we would spend days making hundreds of pieces of a variety of fudge each year for our clients, wrapping them up carefully in cute little gift bags. They would start hounding Dave around Thanksgiving each year, raving about the different things we brought. This is an all time favorite recipe, which we originally got off the back of a Jet Puffed Marshmallow jar, named Fantasy Fudge. This easy Peanut Butter Fudge recipe is so flexible, that each year, we experimented with different ingredients creating many different types of fudge.

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English Toffee

Making candy is fast becoming a long lost art. When we first tasted this at a Sunday School Christmas party, we could not believe how good it was and begged Micheyle for the recipe! Decadent, delicious, pure butter and no toxic high fructose corn syrup are used in this spectacular recipe for English Toffee.

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Mini Pecan Tarts

Mini Pecan Tarts are an all time holiday favorite. We would make hundreds of them every year for our clients, wrap them up in cute little gift bags and our clients raved. We would make another batch for our annual Christmas Caroling Party each year, and the kids loved them!

If you are a pecan pie fan, you will love these Mini Pecan Tarts, especially during the holidays. They melt right into your mouth and are utterly delicious.

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Chocolate Fudge - Microwave

Each year, we would make dozens of batches of this incredibly easy, microwave fudge recipe. An all time holiday favorite, we would spend days making hundreds of pieces of a variety of fudge each year for our clients, wrapping them up carefully in cute little gift bags. They would start hounding Dave around Thanksgiving each year, raving about the different things we brought. This is an all time favorite recipe, which we originally got off the back of a Jet Puffed Marshmallow jar, named Fantasy Fudge. This easy Chocolate Fudge recipe is so flexible, that each year, we experimented with different ingredients creating many different types of fudge

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Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes ~ Gluten Free

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How do you turn a box of Gluten Free cake mix into a moist, GF Chocolate Espresso Cake and Cupcakes that tastes like a creamy Starbucks cake? Simple, follow the directions below to really jazz up a plain, gluten free box mix into something SPECTACULAR! This easy recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Espresso Cake is so good, you'll not miss the wheat one bit!! Add the Creamy Espresso Frosting and you have a taste combination that might well send you to the moon and back. Utterly fantastic!

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GF Chocolate Espresso Cake ~ Gluten Free

GF Chocolate Espresso Cake

How do you turn a box of Gluten Free cake mix into a moist, GF Chocolate Espresso Cake that tastes like a creamy Starbucks cake? Simple, follow the directions below to really jazz up a plain, gluten free box mix into something SPECTACULAR! This easy recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Espresso Cake is so good, you'll not miss the wheat one bit!! Add the Creamy Espresso Frosting and you have a taste combination that might well send you to the moon and back. Utterly fantastic!

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Lemony Blueberry Sorbet

Lemony Blueberry Sorbet

Cool, luscious Lemony Blueberry Sorbet is a family favorite after a weight training session. Fruit, stevia, raw milk (or milk substitute) and you have an amazing, simple dessert, using what you CAN have safely! Zero added sugar, no artificial sweeteners, relatively low carb, full of anti-oxidants and flavor makes it a safe winner! Loaded with organic blueberries we picked last fall makes this extra special. We will probably read that one cannot have a fruit based frozen dessert after working out, just don't tell me!

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Pumpkin Ricotta Pudding - Stevia Low Carb

Pumpkin Ricotta Pudding

While roasting our Citrusy Poblano Turkey, could not resist making a pumpkin dessert to go with it. This Pumpkin Ricotta Pudding, is actually a low carb, zero sugar version of Budino, which is an Italian pudding! Only it is unbaked! Decidedly unglam here - serve it in beautiful crystal goblets with a dollop of freshly whipped cream.

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Sour Cream Cupcakes ~ Gluten Free

 

Sour Cream CupcakesWho doesn't absolutely love cupcakes? How do you turn a box of Gluten Free cake mix into moist, luscious, world famous Sour Cream Cupcakes? Simple, follow the directions below to really jazz up a plain, gluten free box mix! This easy recipe for Sour Cream Cupcakes is so good, we even converted it into a gluten free wedding cake for a GF couple!

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Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce (Easy!)

Easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sundae Sauce

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When you are craving a hot fudge sundae, this is the recipe for you! Whip out this Easy Homemade Hot Fudge Sundae Sauce in minutes. Super simple, even the kids can make a healthier version of hot fudge ice cream topping with this fabulous recipe, with NO corn syrup, preservatives or flavorings! Yes -you still have butter, and sugar - but we all know that chocolate if full of anti-oxidants and fiber - so what more can you want?

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Chewy Cupcake Brownies - 1 point

che_cup_cak_bro_0Weight Watchers Chewy Cupcake Brownies are a delicious snack, with only 1 point value per chocolate cupcake deliciousness! We have made these for years and they are a perennial kid favorite, done up in cupcake papers, that we adults love too!

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Lisa's Delectable Cranberry Cake

This is the most Delectable Cranberry Cake you will ever taste and was the top requested item from our client's each Christmas! Friends that we have shared the recipe with still write us to let us know it is cranberry season and time to make this cake again! It is a yummy, moist treat that everyone absolutely loves. The contrasts are what make it such a treat, the blend between tart cranberries and the slightly sweet cake are irresistible, and a slightly crisp top with a delicate cake inside.

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Butter Pecan Cake with Caramel Glaze

There is nothing in the least bit redeeming about this particular recipe! A friend of ours from Sunday school just had a beautiful baby girl., Kaitlyn Joy We are taking her dinner, and decided to whip up a quick, Southern cake. What could be better than a Butter Pecan Cake with Caramel Glaze? Yummy!

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Apple Dumplins ~ Southern Style

Apple DumplingsWe were invited over for dessert with a couple from our Sunday School class. Sherri kept saying she was going to make Apple Dumplins and I thought that sounded great, but had no idea what we were in for! We walked in and their house smelled amazing, the smell of cinnamon wafting through the air. I went into the kitchen and watched her flip the dumplins over, and just went woozy over the delicious smell. When they were finally done (patience IS a virtue) they were delicious. Different from a pie crust based dumpling, I knew I had to include this fun recipe in The Prudent Wife dessert section! Not only is it a taste bud tingler, but it is a great, inexpensive treat when company comes over. Don't make them at home, when you're alone!

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Carrot Cake Supreme with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin Custard Pie with Stevia and Vanilla Maple Whipped Cream

pum_cus_pie1Pumpkin is such a delicious vegetable, bursting with flavor, fiber, antioxidants, Vitamin A and so much more. We love pumpkin in our home, and try to use it throughout the year, not just at Christmas and Thanksgiving in pies! Low carb, gluten free, can be made casein free (substitute coconut milk) and great for diabetics!

How can you make a delicious organic pumpkin custard without sugar that satisfies the pumpkin pie cravings? With a few easy changes, and a definite tweaking of the taste buds, you can create a low carb, no sugar added, no harmful chemical sugar substitutes pumpkin custard. When topped with vanilla whipped cream, you will barely notice this counts as a vegetable, instead of dessert!

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Orange Blossom Cake

ora_bloEvery once in a  while, this transplanted California girl needs a taste from home! Living across the road from rolling acres of orange groves, at the base of a mountain - my heart yearns for the sweet, lilting smell of orange blossoms. It was heaven - sheer heaven. Progress being what it was....they tore the groves down to build houses, so may as well move to Tennessee!

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4th of July Flag Cake

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I have always loved the festive 4th of July cakes with the flag on top! This year, I had to try one! We are going to BBQ with friends this afternoon, and I thought it would be a thrill for the kids.

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Berried Brownies ~ 4th of July Treat

ber_broFor a delightful treat that the kids will enjoy, try this fun and festive red, white and blue Berrried Brownie recipe that comes together in a flash! 

Easiest Independence Day treat ever, make up easy Berried Brownies from a mix for a red, white and blue 4th of July Treat.

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Mocha Frappuccino Starbucks Style

Guess what I just made??? My very own Mocha Frappuccino. When it comes to cappuccino, I am personally a purist, espresso with foamed nonfat milk is my favorite, and a shake of pure chocolate powder. While out with a friend on a hot day, she treated me to Starbucks, and I had my first (after 20 years of cappuccino) frappuccino and it was actually rather tasty. My disdain for milkshake coffee melted in this cool drink, but I knew I had to figure out how to cut that sweet and make it work for me, so we have two versions.

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No Bake Cheesecake with Stevia ~ Low Carb

We are on day 11 of Atkins Induction, the strictest 14 days of the diet! We have been dessert free for 11 days, and had a particularly hard time walking past the peaches and blueberries of summer at the grocery store yesterday. While a cheesecake could never get near the perfection of one of God's perfect fruits, at least it is a dessert we can have! But where would I find a recipe for a cheesecake sweetened with stevia? Here it is!

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Low Carb Cheesecake to Try!

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Snow Cream with Stevia

sno_cre_wit_ste1Snow Cream -- with stevia natural sweetener and regular cream!!

Make some delightful Snow Cream with stevia the next time it snows! Since I am on an Anti-Inflammatory Diet and cannot have sugar or any phony sweeteners, and definitely no sweetened condensed milk, here is what we did to make a great dessert out of fresh, clean snow!
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I changed the recipe a bit from others on the internet.

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Creamy White Frosting

Creamy White Frosting

Creamy White Frosting will bring a touch of simple elegance to any cake you make! Heavy whipping cream is the secret that makes Creamy White Frosting so delicious! We have used it to top the Gluten Free Luscious Sour Cream Cake, cupcakes and a large sheet cake for a cooking demonstration!

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Luscious Sour Cream White Cake - Gluten Free

How do you turn a box of Gluten Free cake mix into a moist, Luscious Sour Cream Cake? Simple, follow the directions below to really jazz up a plain, gluten free box mix! This easy recipe for Luscious Sour Cream Cake is so good, we made a gluten free wedding cake for a GF couple!

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Danish Cheesecake(Sopapilla Cheesecake)

On a cold and snowy night right before Christmas, we had a church wide Christmas Caroling Party! We met at church, loading up long trailers covered with snow bales (and a fair bit of ice underneath), pulled by tractors. The church van was piled full of people and we headed out for a wonderful evening, singing Christmas carols to various shut-ins from our church.

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GF Peanut Butter Cupcakes ~ From a Mix!!!!

GF Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Gluten free baking can be a serious challenge to meld everything into the delicious flavor and texture you crave. When a friend of mine announced her upcoming wedding, to man who cannot handle gluten, I told her we would make the cake, or rather the CUPCAKES, for her wedding! So the challenge was on, how to create gluten free cupcakes, preferably from a GF mix, that everyone would want to eat.

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