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Chocolate Walnut Torte

This delicious traditional walnut torte is grain-free and sugar-free. Made with chocolate, walnuts, cloves, cinnamon and cherries it is also an anti-oxidant rich powerhouse. No sin here! Only goodness for your health and your tastebuds 🙂

Torte:

  • 4 oz (110g) organic raw chocolate nibs (ground)
  • 6 T local grass-fed butter
  • 3 T date syrup*
  • 1 t cinnamon (ground)
  • 1/2 t cloves (ground)
  • 4 eggs separated
  • 4 T date syrup*
  • 3/4 c walnuts (ground)
  • dash salt
Almond Torte with Cream & Cherries

Almond Torte with Cream & Cherries

Last night I decided to try an almond torte with cherries and cream. The BC cherries are fantastic and I get raw cream from our local herd-share fresh every week, in fact I have just gotten back from picking up my share. The almonds probably come from California. I did find a online farm-stand t ...

Anise Hazelnut Torte

Anise Hazelnut Torte

I picked up a bag of shelled hazelnuts and soon found they are very easy to shell using a morter and pestle. After soaking the nut meat overnight I roasted them in a very low oven. The following recipe is what resulted next: 1 1/2 c hazelnuts (ground) 1/2 c almonds (ground) 1 T anise (ground) ...

Wine Torte

Wine Torte

(Viner Terta) is a very interesting traditional Icelandic Cake, this is a favorite recipe from Tastefully Yours, the Cook's Book by Grace W. Taubman (1969). Makes 2 cakes of 5 layers each Torte Layers: 1 c butter 2 c sugar 4 eggs ½ c sour cream 1 t baking soda 1 t baking powde ...