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Fudgy Brownie Mini Cakes

Fudgy Brownie Mini Cakes

Chewy, chocolaty deliciousness!

What gives these cakes its truly amazing texture is the omission of any wheat flour. If you substitute regular pastry or baking flour, the results will not be as good as using the gluten-free flour. I recommend using a gluten-free all-purpose that does not have garbanzo flour included, such as Gluten Free Pantry’s All Purpose Flour, which contains white rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, guar gum and salt (see photo below).

INGREDIENTS:
¾ cup Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour*
1/3 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened
3/4 teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Sea salt
1 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Bittersweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoon Cottage cheese, lowfat, pureed
2 teaspoons Pure vanilla extract
¼ cup Apple sauce
12 each Semi-sweet chocolate pieces

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and sugar.

In a double boiler melt bittersweet chocolate.

In separate bowl, mix pureed cottage cheese, vanilla, apple sauce and melted chocolate. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry.

Place mix in bottoms of a lightly greased, square muffin pan. Push a semi sweet chocolate piece into center of each mini cake.

Bake for about 15-20 minutes. Cool a few minutes on cooling racks before serving.

YIELD: 1 Dozen cakes

Serves 12.


Baked Taro Chips

Baked Taro Chips with Onion Dip on Radicchio

Baked Taro Chips
A healthier version of the Hawaiian snack favorite.  If you cannot obtain fresh taro root, you can substitute with white or sweet potatoes.

Serve with Onion Dip.

INGREDIENTS:

5 each  Taro root, small, fresh

5 cups  Water

¼ cup Vinegar, white

as needed Spray oil

PREPARATION:

Peel taro root and slice very thinly on a mandolin. Place in bucket with water and white vinegar, and soak for a couple of hours.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Rinse soaking taro chips; dry with towel. Place in large bowl and toss with salt, pepper, paprika. Lay chips out on baking sheet sprayed with oil and bake for about 10-12 minutes, making sure to flip chips halfway through cooking.

Hawaiian Patter with Veggie Rolls, Baked Taro Chips with Onion Dip, Sweet Potato Curry Yogurt Salad