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Chocolate Avocado Almond Cake

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Chocolate avocado almond cakeHi everybody! I know, it has been a very long time since my last post. And what is better to post than a recipe from my favorite form of cooking, baking!!! I have a greater affinity to baking and this must be the umpteenth time that I had mentioned here in my site. Baking generally involves sugar, that too lots of sugar. With that being said, wouldn’t it be awesome to bake something that is sweet but does not have processed sugar and healthy as well? I recently found one such recipe and that too of a cake! It is called the Chocolate Avocado Almond cake. Chocolate avocado almond cake
I came across the Chocolate Avocado Almond cake one afternoon when me and my HB were craving for something sweet but that doesn’t make us feel guilty after eating it 🙂 (thats one tough cookie!). Voila, I found this savior and was thoroughly satisfied afterwards. Chocolate Avocado Almond cake, as the name suggests, is made of avocado, coconut oil, coconut cream, almond flour, honey, chocolate chips and cocoa powder. It is very easy to make and is not time consuming at all.
Chocolate avocado almond cakeChocolate Avocado Almond cake is one of those rare, too good to be true, kind of recipe. It is healthy, has no added sugar (honey and chocolate chips take care of the sweetness) and is an excellent breakfast item. It can also be had as a snack (which we did when baked the first time :). For those of you wondering about the lengthy name, I came up with it, just put together the ingredients and here is your tasty, yummy Chocolate Avocado Almond cake. Try it out, you won’t be disappointed.

Chocolate avocado almond cake

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Chocolate Avocado Almond Cake
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • Almond flour – 2 cups
  • Raw cocoa powder – ¼ cup
  • Baking soda – 1 tsp
  • Salt – ½ tsp
  • Cashew nuts, roughly chopped - ½ cup (or any nuts of your choice)
  • Avocado, medium – 1½ Cups
  • Melted coconut oil – 3 tbsp
  • Coconut cream, room temperature – 2 ½ tbsp
  • Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
  • Eggs, room temperature - 2
  • Raw honey – 3 tbsp
  • Chocolate chips – ⅓ cup + 2 tbsp
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line the bottom and sides of the 8 inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
  2. Sieve the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder in a large bowl. Add the nuts to the dry ingredients and mix well without any lumps.
  3. Remove the pit and pulse avocadoes in a blender. Add coconut oil, coconut cream, vanilla extract, eggs, and honey and blend together to a smooth paste.
  4. Add the ground paste to the dry ingredients and gently mix using rubber spatula. Do not over mix.
  5. Add the chocolate chips and fold the mixture.
  6. Spoon batter into the loaf pan and spread it evenly using rubber spatula. (The batter will be really thick)
  7. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the tooth pick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
  8. Cool the bread over a wire rack for 15 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookie

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Chocolate Chip Cookie

Today I am posting one of the most popular snack/dessert items in the US, the Chocolate Chip Cookie. The Chocolate Chip Cookie was first invented in the United States in Massachusetts. The original recipe consisted of dough composed of butter and both white and brown sugar. Since then there had been numerous variations of this iconic snack. I had already posted White Chocolate Cashew cookie here in my blog and this is my second cookie variety 🙂

Chocolate Chip CookieChocolate Chip CookieI had been wanting to bake Chocolate Chip Cookie for some time but did not really pursue it. But today at the gym, I came to know that it was international chocolate day, (see the irony here, chocolate in gym 🙂 ) and what better day to bake Chocolate Chip cookie than today? Also, happy chocolate day to all chocolate lovers!:)

Chocolate Chip CookieChocolate Chip CookieChocolate Chip cookie is so decadent but there are certain nuances in its preparation. They are, use the right amount of flour, melt the butter completely before mixing it with the flour and do not over bake.

Chocolate Chip CookieChocolate Chip cookie has so many variants like I had mentioned above. You can customize according to your taste, like, substituting chocolate chips with macadamia nuts or M&Ms, add peanut butter to the dough etc. So, are you ready to try this amazing and delectable Chocolate Chip Cookie in your home? Do try and post your comments.

 

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Chocolate Chip Cookie
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 22
 
Ingredients
  • 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick)
  • ½ cup granulated white sugar
  • ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg (room temperature)
  • ¾ cup chocolate chip
Instructions
  1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Celsius. Melt the butter in the microwave oven for 40 seconds or until it reaches liquid form and bring it to room temperature.
  3. Sieve flour, baking soda and salt together into a small bowl and set aside.
  5. Bring the melted butter to the large bowl and add white and brown sugar. Beat well until creamy.
  7. Add in vanilla extract and mix well.
  9. Add the eggs and beat until well combined.
  11. Add the dry ingredients, using spatula mix well until crumbles form or to the dough consistency.
  13. Finally add the chocolate chips and carefully mix them.
  15. Allow it to cool in the refrigerator for about 5 to 10 minutes. Bunch up the dough to 22 small balls and place the rolls on the cookie sheet.
  17. Bake for about 9 to 11 minutes until the cookies are puffy and barely golden. Do not over bake the cookies.
  18. Allow them to cool on the cooling rack for 30 minutes. Enjoy! 🙂
Notes
Few tips that I have learnt to bake the best chocolate chip cookie are
1.Melt the butter completely and bring it to room temperature.
2. Add enough flour such that dough doesn't stick to your hand while making bunches.
3. Use bunching up approach instead of rolling them out in the palm of your hand. This will get you a defined lumpy mounds of chocolate chips which looks more appealing.
4. Don't Over bake the cookies. Doing so you might loose the moist and soft texture of the cookies.

Chocolate Chip Cookie

CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE MUFFIN

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chocolatechipcoffeemuffinChocolate chip coffee muffin is a variety of muffin with coffee as the base flavor. It is one of my most recent recipes that I had tried.
chocolatechipcoffeemuffinCoffee is my HB’s favorite drink and hence this chocolate chip coffee muffin has become one of his favorite dessert as well 🙂 Chocolate chip coffee muffin is very easy to make and involves minimal ingredients. I am pretty sure that all the coffee lovers out there will enjoy this muffin. Though the muffin does not have the exact coffee taste, it has a touch of coffee flavor in it making it far tastier.
chocolatechipcoffeemuffinChocolate chip coffee muffin can be had as a breakfast muffin (serving the dual purpose of having coffee and a muffin :)) So all the coffee lovers and general food lovers, try this wonderful muffin at your home and let me know your thoughts.

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CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE MUFFIN
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 12
 
Chocolate chip coffee muffin is a variety of muffin with coffee as the base flavor. It is one of my most recent recipes that I had tried.
Ingredients
  • Butter, softened - ½ cup
  • Sugar - ¾ cup
  • Coffee extract (McCormicks) - 1 teaspoon
  • Eggs - 2
  • Flour - 2 cups
  • Baking powder - 1 Tablespoon
  • Salt - ½ teaspoon
  • Milk - ½ cup
  • Strong brewed coffee, cooled - ½ cup
  • Miniature chocolate chips, semisweet – ½ cup
  • For the Glaze
  • Powdered sugar - ¾ cup
  • Brewed coffee, cooled - 4 teaspoons
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F. Beat together the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the extract and eggs and beat again.
  2. Whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt).
  3. Stir together the milk and cooled coffee.
  4. Add the flour mixture and milk mixture alternately to the creamed butter until it is all combined. Do not over mix. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  5. Fill 12 muffin liners ¾ full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool.
  6. Meanwhile stir together the powdered sugar and coffee until dissolved. Dip the tops of the muffins in the glaze and let set. Enjoy!

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