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Healthy Figs & Almonds Cake

Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog 

Today I am sharing with you one of my favorite healthy cake recipe, made without butter nor sugar. YES! No butter and No sugar, yet it’s sweet and delicious.

Hope you enjoy it and if you try it plz do share your opinion and pics with me on my instagram @gracerady

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup of flour.                                                                                  
  • 1 1/3 cup of almond powder                                                          
  • 4 tbsp Greek Yogurt.                                                           
  • 12 or 14 figs.                                                                                           
  • 1/2 cup of lavender honey or honey                                                       
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract.                                                                             
  • 1 tsp sugar                                                                                                
  • 1/8 tsp salt.                                                                                   
  • 1/8 tsp cinnamon.                                                                              
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder                                                              
  • 1/2 tbsp coconut oil                                                                
  • 1 cup raw almonds                                                                                
  • 1/3 cup crushed almonds                                                               
  • 3 walnuts                                                                                                     
  • 1 date.                                                                                                                   
  • 3 eggs                                                                                                              

١/٢ كباية طحين

١ ١/٣ كباية بودرة اللوز

 ٤ ملاعق كبيرة من الزبادي                                                                                               

١٢ او ١٤ تينة

 ١/٢ كباية عسل اللافندر او عسل طبيعي

 ١ ملعقة فانيلا

١ ملعقة سكر                                                                   

١/٨ ملعقة صغيرة ملح

١/٨ ملعقة صغيرة قرفة                                    

١/٢ ملعقة صغيرة باكين باودر   

١/٢ ملعقة كبيرة زيت جوز الهند

١ كباية لوز ني 

١/٣ كباية لوز مكسر

٣ حبات جوز

 ١ تمر

 ٣ بيض

Directions:

  • Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9-inch fluted tart pan or pie pan with coconut oil; set aside.
  • حمّي الفرن على حرارة ١٨٠ درجة  
  • رشي صنية كيك قياس ٩ انش بزيت جوز الهند وضعيها جانباً
  • In a small bowl, add flour, almond powder, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; pulse to combine.

  • في وعاء صغير ، اخلطي الدقيق وبودرة اللوز والبيكنج بودر والقرفة والملح 

  • In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, honey, and vanilla extract. Add almond mixture and beat for a minute until batter is just mixed. Add raw & crashed almond.

    في وعاء الخلط ، اخفقي البيض الزبادي والعسل ومستخلص الفانيليا معًا. يضاف خليط اللوز ويخفق لمدة دقيقة. أضفي اللوز الني والمكسر

  • Pour it into pan. Cut date in small pieces and sprinkle over the cake. Add the crushed walnuts

    صبي المزيج بالصينية، ثم قطعي التمر إلى مكعبات صغيرة ونرشها فوق الكيك. أضيفي الجوز المكسر

  • Cut each fig in half. Arrange fig halves cut-side up over the batter. Sprinkle figs with sugar and bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Cool before serving.

    قطعي التين إلى نصفين. رتبي التين  فوق الخليط ثم رشي التين بالسكر ويخبز لمدة 20 إلى 30 دقيقة. تبرّد قبل التقديم.

    Bon Appetite, 

                                                     xoxo gracy ...
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My Healthy Summer Cake

Hello everyone and welcome back to my block,
After all the bad news we are getting from Beirut in addition to the Covid 19 pandemic restrictions, this summer is by far the worst for me. Today, I decided to prepare a birthday cake for my brother to change our mood a little bit since we are all glued to our phones and screens waiting for good news regarding our beloved country Lebanon.
 
I will be sharing with you my Healthy Summer Cake Recipe, hope you will try It and share your feedback with me.
 
 
INGREDIENTS
 
Cake
1/8 tsp cardamom
1 cup pistachios, plus extra chopped pistachios to serve
1 banana mashed 
1 cup almond meal
1/2 cup fine semolina
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup Honey, softened
1/3 cup Coconut oil soften
1/2 cup Greek yogurt
1 cup coconut creme
1/3 coconut flakes
4 eggs, lightly beaten
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon, plus 1 tbs lemon juice
2 tbs rosewater
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
 
 
 
 
ROSEWATER CREAM
200g Greek yoghurt
200g creme fraiche
2 tbs icing sugar, sifted
1 tbs rosewater
 
DIRECTIONS:
 
Preheat oven to 180°C.
1. To make the cake, place pistachios in a food processor and whiz until pistachios are chopped. Transfer pistachio to a bowl and add almond meal, semolina,cardamom, baking powder, coconut flakes and 1/4 tsp fine salt. Stir to combine.
 
 
2. Place oil, Greek yogurt, coconut creme and honey in a stand mixer and beat until well combined. With the mixer on, slowly add egg, beating well. Fold through the pistachio mixture, banana, then add lemon zest, juice, rosewater and vanilla until just combined. Spread the mix into prepared pan (today I am using to small pans to create a double layered cake) and use a palette knife to smooth the surface. Bake for 30 min or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean but a little oily.
 
3. Meanwhile, for the rosewater cream, place all ingredients in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whisk to medium peaks. Cover and chill until needed.
 
 
4. Optional: (I didn’t use in this recipe).
If you like to add an extra pinch of sweetness you can add a sweet syrup
SYRUP
100ml lemon juice
1/3 cup (80ml) rosewater
1/2 cup ice sugar
To make the syrup , in the final 10 minutes of cake cooking, place all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat. As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, drizzle with hot syrup (it looks like a lot of syrup; the hot cake will absorb it).
 
5. Sprinkle with extra pistachios and set cake aside in the pan to cool to room temperature.
 
6. Remove cake from the pan and scatter with roses and decoration and rosewater cream.
 
ENJOY 😉
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Most Charming Hotel in Old Town Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

 Today, we had a good weather here in Austria and we finally had some sun. It reminded me of a breezy summer night. It made me wonder where would I go after June 15th when the European borders open again and Croatia, the magical city with the nicest beaches and best food, came to my mind.

Last summer I visited Dubrovnik and it was a trip to remember.  Dubrovnik

When I first arrived, I stayed at a beachfront hotel outside the old city, before I cruise to Montenegro.

however, when I came back I wanted to experience the night inside the walls and I picked the most charming boutique hotel in the city.

So today I am sharing with the St Joseph’s Guesthouse, a 16th century former nobleman’s home carefully renovated to balance Dubrovnik’s history with luxury for you to consider in case you decided to visit Dubrovnik this summer.

This hotel is perfect for a romantic city break and great to explore the Old town rich history. 

  

What are your summer plans ?? 

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DIY Immunity Drink I take everyday

With everyone stressing and focusing on Corona virus, researching its symptoms and cycle, I am trying to be positive and focus on preventing getting the virus. 

Staying home is essential as everyone is advising, I’m taking advantage of the free time I have to organize my home, my computer and to put my work plan for after Corona. 

Another main element in my Corona prevention state is my daily shot of this magical drink that I do at home 

Ginger, Lemon and Honey shot 

Ingredients 

1 tbs lemon juice

1/2 tbs organic honey  

2 tbs ginger tea

 

Boil 2 pieces of 3 cm of ginger for 40 min in 2 cups of water 

When gathering the shot mix the lemon, honey and ginger in a glass and drink it every morning 

Stay safe and positive everyone,

 

                                                    Xoxo gracy…

 

 

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The tastiest and Healthiest Carrot Cake

I was thinking what should I name the carrot cake, is it winter cake, or summer cake or fall cake, actually it is a year-round cake because carrots are pretty much always in season. 

This healthy carrot cake recipe is very easy, fast and healthy. I tried different versions, substituted a number of  ingredients until I got this one, and Im telling you with confidence that it is the BEST CARROT CAKE EVER.

Ingredients:

Cake:

2 cups of flour

2 cups shredded carrots

1 cup of crushed walnuts

2 tbs cinnamon

2 eggs

1 tbs vanilla extract

1/3 cup of coconut oil

1/2 cup of honey

1 cup of greek yogurt

1 cup coconut milk

2 big spoons of coconut creme

2 tbs baking soda

3 tbs baking powder

1/2 tbs salt

1 cup coconut flakes

Greek yogurt Icing:

1/2  cup of greek yogurt

1/2 cup of heavy creme

3 tbsp of mascarpone cheese

1/2 cup of coconut sugar

1 tbs vanilla extract

Coconut flakes for garnishing

Instruction;

  1. Preheat oven 180 degree celsius. 
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs for 10 seconds, then add yogurt, coconut milk, coconut creme, vanilla extract, honey whisk well and put aside.
  3. In another bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt whisk well and set aside.
  4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, until well combined
  5. Add carrots, walnuts and coconut flakes whisk until combined, don’t over whisk.
  6. Pour into a baking dish that you already sprayed with coconut oil.
  7. Let it rest for 10 min than put in oven for 30 min
  8. Prepare the Icing: in a bowl, mix the yogurt, heavy creme, mascarpone cheese, sugar and vanilla extract together.
  9. If you are doing one big cake, transfer the icing on top of the cake a spread with spatula and garnish with coconut flakes or eatable flowers. If you are doing smaller portions like I did today, I used the muffins baking try, you can add the icing on each piece before serving.

Tip: If your yogurt is less than 10% fat, put the yogurt in a coffee filter or paper sheet on top of the bowl for 4 hours in the fridge until it stains.

 

Let me know if you try it would love to know your comment 

 

                                                                                                 xoxo gracy …