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CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients
¾ cup butter or virgin coconut oil
1 cup sifted coconut flour
½ cup coconut cream/milk or whole milk
1 cup cocoa powder
12 eggs
2¼ cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
Marshmallow frosting

 
Method
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix in cocoa powder. Remove from heat and set aside. In a bowl mix together eggs, coconut milk, sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir in cocoa mixture. Combine coconut flour with baking powder and whisk into batter until there are no lumps. Pour batter into greased 11x7x2 inch or 9x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 175 Degree C (350F) for 35-40 minutes or until knife inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool. Fill layers and cover top and sides of cake with marshmallow frosting or the frosting of your choice.
 

COCOLATE COOKIES

Ingredients
¼ cup sifted coconut flour
¼ cup butter or virgin coconut oil
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon vanilla

Method
In a saucepan at low heat, melt butter and stir in cocoa powder. Remove from heat and let cool. In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla; stir in cocoa mixture. Whisk coconut flour into batter until there are no lumps. Let batter rest for 4 to 5 minutes to allow it to thicken slightly. Drop batter by the spoonful on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 175 Degree C (350F) for 14 minutes. Makes about 16 cookies.

COCONUT ALMOND COOKIES

Ingredients
½ cup sifted coconut flour
½ cup chopped almonds, lightly toasted
½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
4 eggs
¾ teaspoon almond extract
1½ cups grated or flaked coconut

Method
Preheat oven to 175C (350F). Put almonds in an oven safe pan and bake for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool. Mix together butter, sugar, salt, eggs and almond extract. Stir in flour, coconut and toasted almonds. Let batter rest for 4 to 5 minutes to allow it to thicken slightly. Drop batter in spoon-size mounds 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 190 Degree C (375F) for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly and remove from cookie sheet. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

DROP BISCUITS

Ingredients

1/3 cup sifted Organic Coconut Flour
¼ cup Organic Virgin Coconut Oil or butter, melted
4 eggs
¼ cup honey
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder

Method

Blend together eggs, butter, honey and salt. Combine coconut flour with baking powder and whisk into batter until there are no lumps. Drop batter by the spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 205 Degree C (400F) for 14 to 15 minutes. Makes 8 biscuits.

MEAT LOAF

Ingredients
½ cup coconut flour
3 eggs
1 cup finely chopped onion
½ cup chopped bell pepper
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
⅛ teaspoon thyme
⅛ teaspoon marjoram
1 pound ground beef
1 16-ounce can tomato sauce

Method
Combine coconut flour, eggs, chopped onion, bell pepper, salt, black pepper, thyme and marjoram in a bowl. Add ground beef and 1 cup (8 ounces) of tomato sauce and mix well. Shape mixture into a loaf and place in a baking dish. Pour the remaining 1 cup of tomato sauce over the top of the loaf. Bake at 175 degree C (350F) for 1¼ hours. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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