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Orange Cake

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of coconut oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup of raw sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 cup of orange juice (from the fruit)
  • 2 cups of whole wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • Grated orange rind from 1 orange

Directions

  1. Put the coconut oil, eggs, raw sugar, vanilla and orange juice in a mixer, and mix until well blended
  2. Transfer the mixture to a bowl
  3. Sift the whole wheat flour and baking powder on the mixture, and mix using a manual eggbeater
  4. When the mixture is well blended add the grated orange rind. Be careful and try not to reach the white part of the rind
  5. Take the mixture to a pre-heated oven at 350 F for about 30 to 40 minutes
  6. To make sure the cake is ready, stick a toothpick in the middle of it. If it’s coming out clean, the cake is done. Otherwise, wait a little bit more.
  7. Yummy!

Apple Cake

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Ingredients

  • 3 apples
  • 2 tablespoon of sugar
  • Juice from half lime
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup of brown sugar
  • 1 cup of coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
  • 2 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 1/2 cup of walnuts

Directions

  1. Take two of the apples and peel them off, saving the peel for later
  2. Next proceed to dice the apples
  3. Add the sugar and the lime juice to the diced apples, and save for later
  4. Slice the third apple in four pieces, removing its seeds
  5. Put the eggs, brown sugar, coconut oil, the apple peel, and the four slices of apple in a mixer, and mix until well blended
  6. Transfer this mixture to a large bowl
  7. Then add the cinnamon and mix using a manual eggbeater
  8. Now sift the flour and baking powder, and mix using your hands until well blended like a cream
  9. Add the walnuts and mix using your hands
  10. Now add the mixture made of the two apples, sugar and lime juice
  11. Take the mixture to a pre-heated oven at 350 F for about 40 to 50 minutes
  12. To make sure the cake is ready, stick a toothpick in the middle of it. If it’s coming out clean, the cake is done. Otherwise, wait a little bit more.
  13. Enjoy!

 

Homemade Bread

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups of milk
  • 6 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 pack of all natural yeast
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoon of butter
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 2 cups of white flour
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 1 cup of mozzarella
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • Italian seasoning

Directions

  1. Warm the milk up just enough to feel it warm in the back of your hand
  2. Add 2 tablespoon of sugar and the all natural yeast
  3. Leave it at rest, for the yeast activation
  4. Meanwhile put in the mixer 4 tablespoon of sugar, the eggs and butter
  5. Once it is all mixed add the rest of ingredients, including the ones you left at rest
  6. Use a spatula to check when the dough is no longer sticking to the bowl
  7. Put the dough in a baking dish glass and cover it in plastic film
  8. Leave it at rest for about 1 to 2 hours (depending on the environment temperature)
  9. Take it to a pre-heated oven at 360 F for about 40 minutes
  10. To make sure the bread is ready, stick a toothpick in the middle of it. If it’s coming out clean, the bread is done. Otherwise, wait a little bit more.

 

 

 

 

Manicotti with White Sauce

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Ingredients

  • 1 pack of homemade manicotti
  • 3 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 diced onion
  • 5 smashed cloves of garlic
  • 1 cup of white wine
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1/2 provolone cheese
  • 1/2 blue cheese
  • 1/2 mozzarella
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Salt and pepper as needed

Directions

  1. For the white sauce put the olive oil and the onion in a pan, and fry until the onion gets transparent
  2. Add the garlic, wine, and milk. Heat the mix up for about five minutes.
  3. Add the provolone and blue cheese and the mozzarella, and cook until they become a cream
  4. Add the salt and black pepper
  5. Put the manicotti in a baking dish glass, and add the white sauce on top
  6. Add the parmesan cheese on top of the white sauce
  7. Take it to a pre-heated oven at 350 F for about 15 to 20 minutes