Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes with Basil Blueberry Jam

Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes with Basil Blueberry Jam

Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes! I am very happy to announce that Beloved and I have welcomed a new baby into our kitchen yesterday – The Breville Kitchen Wizz Pro!!! Yippeee! I’m so excited – this baby is going to be extremely handy for my future Whole Food and Desserts Workshops in 2014 – and it’s a Cranberry colour! LOVE! Look what I got up to last night with the new food wizz: Vanilla vegan cupcakes with lemongrass icing!!! Oh what a mouthful of taste sensation! These beauties are the skilful design of Amy Levin, owner of Ooosha and one fantastically talented raw chocolatier! The

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My Week of Making Raw Chocolate Pralines!

My Week of Making Raw Chocolate Pralines!

Fudgey Goodness in a Praline Truffle! This week I’ve been focused on Raw Chocolate Pralines for my upcoming eBook, Easy Chocolate Delights. If you’re French you might like to pronounce that as “Prah-lin-aye”. As much as I like saying things in French, I’m Australian. So “Pray-lean” it is. I made about three batches of raw chocolate pralines this week using various combinations of nut butters, dark and white chocolate, and experimenting with textures, flavours and enrobing (covering the praline in chocolate, see pic below). Beloved was eating the first batch by the spoonful and telling me how much he loved me, so I knew I

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