Ingredients Cake 175g gluten-free flour 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg pinch of salt 2 eggs 150ml olive oil 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 50g caster sugar 42g dark muscovado sugar 2 medium carrots, grated 60g pineapple, crushed 60g walnuts, chopped Note: for layer cake, double the ingredients. Frosting 125g lactose-free cream cheese 1 tbsp maple…
Category: Sweets, cakes and cookies
Ferrero Rocher-style hazelnut balls
Breastfeeding had me craving chocolate like you wouldn’t BELIEVE. I don’t do so well with refined sugar and there’s only so much dark chocolate I can eat before my tummy complains. The combination of nuts, chocolate and coconut oil make this Ferrero Rocher-style ball perfect to curb my chocolate craving and give me a boost…
Banana almond bread
Compared to the bready banana bread recipe elsewhere on Growing Up and Liking It, this is a a light, cake-like and extremely moorish version. As you can tell by the featured image, even though this banana bread is certainly satisfying by itself, I couldn’t help but top it with cream cheese and a hazelnut-chocolate spread…
Rumkugeln
As my diet has become more and more restrictive, I had to sit myself down and talk shop: what do I enjoy eating (rather than what can I have) and what does it need to make them Low FODMAP? Right at the top of the list: Rumkugeln. A bakery in my mother’s hometown, Schneverdingen, made the…
Cheesecake
I had just given birth and my body was awash with adrenaline. I didn’t sleep… Why waste time sleeping when I could lovingly gaze at this little bundle of flesh and bones instead?! My mind and hormones were all over the place, so it didn’t come as a surprise to me that my mind…
Bready banana bread
Banana breads are a great way to use up brown bananas left over in your fruit bowl. Frugal much?! Some recipes get you a rather cake-like banana bread that goes well with a cup of coffee as a sweet treat in the afternoon. Nothing wrong about that. But not this guy. This guy is the…
Pancakes
Happy Pancake Day, one and all. While the normal eating world is digging into piles of pancakes, the Low FODMAPers don’t need to feel left out. Ingredients 90 g rice flour 35g cornflour 75g brown sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp xanthan gum 30g butter (if tolerated), melted 185ml almond milk Instructions Whisk eggs and…
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