Desserts & Sweets without dough

It is always nice to have a cake around the house. My grandmother might say that you need to have something sweet on hand in case company shows up, because it[...]

Some of my most popular posts have been focused on finding natural alternatives to food coloring, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Colors make drab[...]

My kitchen has seen everything from Chocolate Oatmeal to Peanut Butter Oatmeal. And a quick google search for β€œoatmeal recipes” will show you that I’m[...]

Go read the title of this post again. It’s worth reading twice. And if you’re like me, you need to read it twice for the words to register: Samoas Girl[...]

It might seem strange to see the author of β€œthe healthy dessert blog” holding a book all about junk food. Contrary to what one might assume from reading[...]

Today I give you… Fudgey chocolate brownies. Covered in fudgey chocolate frosting… If you couldn’t tell, the theme of today’s post is chocolate fudge.[...]

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg , beaten 4 Granny Smith apples , cored, peeled, and diced (2 cups) 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2[...]

Cake 2 cups stout (such as Guinness) 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process) 4 cups all purpose flour[...]

Carrot Cake: 4 egg whites 2 whole eggs 1/3 cup of canola oil 1/3 cup of unsweetened applesauce 1 cup of apple juice concentrate 1/4 cup of water 3 cups of[...]

1 cup graham cracker crumbs 3 tbsp butter , melted 2 tsp icing sugar Filling 8 ounce cream cheese , softened 1 can (14-oz.) sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup[...]

1 tsp walnut oil 1 cup organic raw walnut halves roughly chopped 1 cup organic dried pitted dates chopped 3/4 cup of very hot filtered tap water 1/2 tsp[...]

1 kg Cake Flour (2, 364. 88 millilitres) 60 ml baking powder 325 g bran (1.8 litres Kellogg’s all bran flakes uncrushed) *Far cheaper to use the one for[...]

1 cup butter , softened 2 cups white sugar 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 5/8 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4[...]

Dry 2 cups rolled oats (I used 1 cup spelt flakes, 1 cut rolled oats ) ¾ cup puffed wheat cereal 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 1 tbsp ground pumpkin pie spice 2 tbs[...]

2 pkgs, unflavored gelatin 1/2 C cold water in a small bowl 1/2 C granulated sugar 2-1/2 C Moscato wine, chilled (or carbonated grape juice) 1 tsp lemon zest[...]