And A Recipe For A Low Carb Chocolate Raspberry Cake For One
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One of my kids favorite books when they were toddling pineapples was The Little Red Hen. That story of a little bird who labors diligently towards a harvest goal really resonates with me, especially in the fall time when I scramble around trying to preserve the fruit of my summer labors. Today, I was actually home for the first time in at least a week, aside from sleeping. The last couple of days I brought in trailer loads of hay and firewood, for I know that winter is approaching. What was nice about this day was that I got to focus some smaller harvest minutia, and I must say that I enjoyed the work.
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Perhaps my favorite moment of the day was spent on my front porch this afternoon stripping lavender from stems and sifting it. My two puppies lumbered around in the yard instigating mischief. My more than slightly exhausted husband slumbered in his rocking chair next to me, and my son assaulted my mellow with a Youtube playlist full of a whole pile of Post Malone. The temperature outside was in the mid seventies and a slight breeze wafted the lavender through my olfactory system. Lovely it was.
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Earlier in the day I wandered out to give my winter squash a good drowning. I have neglected a proper water schedule in that department, but honestly, they are in the home stretch of ripening anyway, and I think a little stress at the end of the season is a good thing for plants that need to finish up before the frost smacks them dead. In my hoop-house there is at least fifty or sixty pounds of ripening tomatoes, so there will be more canning of this in my near future:
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After whipping up a Sunday brunch of sausage links, fried potatoes, eggs, and pancakes, I organized our weekly homeschool schedule. This included printing out our Daily Grams worksheets and lining out math assignments. I still can't believe we are back in the swing of things school-wise, I honestly don't feel like I got a summer break. Oh wait, that's right, I didn't, lol! Remember the fair?
I have to say though, my weariness tends to evaporated into a satisfied grin whenever I stare at the sunflowers that I plunked into a vase on my kitchen table, for they represent the fruition of much that I have accomplished with my labors this year. It's so much more rewarding to actually grasp the result of one's labor rather than hypothesize about completing one thing or another all of the time. I would rather try and fail in some focused endeavor than ruminate about doing things my entire life. So bring on the tired, I rather relish it!
And speaking of relishing things, this evening I had a hankering for dessert. Since my eating habits have been hit or miss lately, I thought it better be a good idea to craft something that was reasonably healthy. The following cake recipe is what I came up with:
Low Carb Chocolate Raspberry Cake For One
1/4 cup Trim Healthy Mama Baking Blend (copycat recipe here)
1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
1/4 cup egg whites
2 Tablespoons raspberry puree (*see note)
pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons Pyure (or more to taste!)
2 Tablespoons unsweetened almond milkAdd all ingredients to a bowl and mix them well. I whisked them.
Pour into a greased oven or microwave safe baking dish
Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 16-18 minutes or you could microwave the cake for about 1 minute and 20 seconds or so.
*Note: for the raspberry puree, I took a couple of Tablespoons of frozen raspberries out of the freezer, let them thaw on my counter in a bowl, and using the back of a spoon rubbed them through a sieve. I am rather lazy when it comes to food prep, so when I say this step was pretty simple, I totally mean it.
*Second Breakfast, er, Note: potential toppings for the cake include non fat Greek yogurt that has been sweetened with stevia, whipped coconut cream, butter and cream cheese whipped together and sweetened with a bit of ground Pyure and vanilla, or whatever possible topping idea you can dream of! The sky's the limit in cake dressing land!
And on that raspberry-ish dream note, I shall sign off. My spawn have challenged me to a flossing battle, and I relish the opportunity to embarrass my offspring with my sick dance moves. However, I am going to eat some cake first, because well, priorities and stuff. 😉
Sweetener note: As my awesome Steemit friend @prydefoltz has stated before, stevia sweetened baked goods taste better the next day, but I devoured the cake while it was still warm and loved it. It's very rich and decadent! Also, I am used to eating less sweet foods, so the amount of sugar or sugar replacement that one would need to use on this cake various with each person's taste buds. Adjust accordingly!
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Yummy this looks so good! Hehe and I love those pretty flowers! I seen so many of them when I was hiking in the mountains today
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Oh, I so love fall mountain hikes, the colors are so gorgeous:) What little was left of the cake I ate with lunch today, and it was really, really tasty, thank you so much!
Wonderful... I love autumn
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Right? So do I! One of my favorite seasons
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I do too! Bring on the sweaters, frosts, hot drinks, and autumnal colors!:)
You have a lovely blog your post is entertained with beautiful pictures of your garden and even a raspberry pie recipe, you had a hectic but happy day enjoy it while reading it
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Thank you so much for your very kind words, and greetings from North Idaho! Hope you are having a lovely day:)
That scene on your front porch reminds me of the country song, “Front Porch Looking In.” There is nothing quite like family time and a good days work. May you have a blessed week, Kat!
Awe, thank you so much my friend, I hope your week is beyond blessed as well:)
It is indeed a bittersweet time of year. As much as I love Autumn, I despise winter!!
I have done some microwave mini cakes before and think they are a miracle! Yours looks so delish as always!
Ooh, where you live winter is especially harsh! Well, I hope your autumn is at least lovely to make up for that impending frozen doom, lol!
I love the first couple of months of winter, and actually adore the snow. What I hate more than anything are the months of February and March here in North Idaho, or what I refer to as slush and mud season. It's cold, icy, slushy, and muddy. FOR WEEKS! This year we are escaping to the south for a family road trip of epic homeschooling proportions during mud season, I am so excited! Hopefully you'll get a little reprieve from your frozen waste too:)
And I truly believe single serve micro-cakes are a gift from the heavens, LOL!
Amazing post . Wounderful flowers .
Great post dear. Beautiful flower pictures. Good job:) Love it.....
Lavender I want to have some near my delicious smell I have also seen how they prepare some meals with lavender but I have never tried them
By the way I like that Sunday brunch of sausages, fries, eggs and pancakes my appetite was opened
You know what is the best of all that raspberry cake is low in calories will surely be one of my favorites
Cooking with lavender is awesome! Well, it helps to have the right cultivar of lavender, some of them impart more of a soap taste to food than others. However, a lavender and spice rub roasted chicken, or some lavender lemon ice cream makes my taste buds sing:) I grow a few hundred culinary lavender plants on the farm and am in the process of stripping and sifting this year's crop, I'll try to post a lavender recipe or two soon:)
LOL! I didn't mean to make you hungry with the brunch, but isn't it wonderful to read about food? Hope you found something to nibble on!
I also hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
If it is incredible to imagine that flavor at the beginning the taste that I imagine is soap hahaha but I am sure that it should be incredible
I must try to make recipes with lavender but first I must find lavender is not very common where I live