Yo, hello my Food Fight Friday Freaks!
You might be thinking “but Pura, we just heard from you yesterday, it’s not time for you to post again already” and you’d usually be right but this week I’mma throw y’all for a loop…
Everyone good this Easter weekend? Any yummy food plans for your celebrations? If you are eating food, sharing food, cooking food or talking about food then you should get in on this @foodfightfriday competition. Holiday meals are the best meals to enter the ring with too 😉.
Anyway, it’s been quite sometime since I’ve dropped a recipe on you so here one is… just a little something something I whipped up for Easter. @dandays and I are moving next week and I still have a huge bag of frozen blueberries I bought in Panama 🤔. I know, what a predicament… between Easter and needing to cook/bake my way through our current groceries I came up with this.… let me know if you like it.
Blueberry Pineapple Coffee Cake
Have I mentioned yet, this blueberry pineapple coffee cake is also gluten free, refined sugar free and dairy free? It is basically kale but prettier 🤷🏼♀️
Ingredients
2 C gluten free flour
3 Tsp baking powder
1/2 Tsp salt
1 Tbsp chia seeds
1-1.5 C frozen blueberries
1/3-1/2 C pineapple juice
1 C coconut milk (canned fullfat)
1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
3 tbsp coconut oil
1 Tsp vanilla extract
Toppings
2 tbsp gluten free flour
1/4 C coconut sugar
1 tbsp agave
2 Tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp chopped pineapple
1/3 C almond meal (almond flour or ground almonds)
2 tbsp vegan butter (or coconut oil melted)
Salt to taste
Because I haven’t been posting recipes lately, I haven’t been taking progress pictures of my creations so you guys are just going to have to be happy with these finished product pics. Doesn’t my assistant have the best modeling hands? No funny ideas, he’s all mine 🥰
Directions
Preheat your oven to 350F and break out two large bowls.
Mix the coconut milk with the apple cider vinegar and set aside. We want to give enough time to sour the milk.
Combine all dry ingredients together minus the blueberries. Those will go in last 😉
Add oil to the sour milk, add vanilla extract, add pineapple juice, and pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl. Mix well so there’s no noticeable clumps.
Then fold in blueberries gently. Pour batter into a freshly greased pan (I used a mid sized cake pan but muffin tins would work too) and set aside so you can get the crumble toppings together.
In another large bowl mix together Flour, almond meal, coconut sugar, cinnamon, vegan butter, pineapple juice, chopped pineapples, and sea salt mixing until crumbly, kind of. Mine actually was a bit more pasty but who cares 🤷🏼♀️
Take half of the crumbly/pasty concoction and drop dime size scoops all over the top of the cake batter. Don’t worry if some sink it’ll just add more deliciousness to that bite. Then pop the tray in the oven for 7 minutes.
After 7 minutes the cake should be a bit more uniform so you can add the remaining chopped pineapple and crumbly/pasty stuff to the top. Put her back in the oven for an additional 10-13 minutes or until golden brown and an inserted knife comes out clean.
Now go grab your cute assistant to model this gorgeous tray in front of an equally gorgeous backdrop. Also, knock on your neighbors door and invite him over for mid afternoon coffee cake. It always tastes better in the presence of company.
For cover shot purposes only I sifted a little confectioners sugar on top to add a tad of flair. You can definitely omit if you need to keep it refined sugar free, and yes, “confectioners sugar” is just a fancy way of saying “powdered sugar”. 🤦🏼♀️
What? Y’all thought I wasn’t making goodies anymore because i haven’t posted recipes? Haha… shooootttt…
My husband’s black bean chayote tacos...
… my black bean chayote tacos…
… complete with homemade fries and spicy sweet cabbage. The coffee cake was the star of the day though.
Alright, I’m off now to get started on tonight’s meal. Homemade hummus, naan, roasted vegetables and pan seared yucca fries, does that sound like too many carbs to you?
Happy Food Fight Friday everyone- thanks for stopping by! God bless all of you food flicking booger’s and Happy Easter. See y’all next week…
Pura Vida ✌️
What a great treat yummy
Thanks @michelnilles. Take a virtual piece for yourself :)
Yummy :)
Thanks Gene!
It is a surprise that you posted twice in the roll my Dear Pura, lol. I reposted both yesterday, however I had time to comment only on one. But here I am, because how could I forget you and your delicious cake. Wonderful shots too by the way!
So yeah it's true too that we don't get to see your recipes anymore, so this is really a treat. Well done Sweetie and so two thumbs up for @dandays tacos! They look yummylicious. And all this with a spectacular view wow!!! 🌴😍🌴
Thank you @lenasveganliving. I’m just happy that anybody likes my recipes. It sure is nice having a friend like you in my corner. A piece of virtual cake coming your way ASAP. Dandays is quite the taco builder :)
You know you always have my support Sweetie, just keep it up! 😍
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Blueberries are great with anything. Now, include them in a recipe for coffee cake and you have a winner.
There is one thing that I wanted to bring up. Never mind, FORGET ABOUT IT.
On the other hand maybe I won't Forget About It. I was just thinking, rather than pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees, and then placing in the oven for 7 minutes and then taking it out to add the remainder of the ingredients, and then placing it back in the oven for another 10 - 13 minutes, you could try this.
Place it outside on the windowsill for 7 minutes, take it back inside to add the remainder of the ingredients and then place back on the windowsill for 10 - 13 minutes. You may have to cut down on the time as you would not want to burn the coffee cake.
You gotta love Paul Giamatti, he is one of my favorite actors. I don't know if you guys have ever watched the show Billions, if not you may want to, he is great in this series.
Happy Easter @puravidaville
We don’t really watch much tv plus any tv we get here is usually in Spanish, with the exception of maybe one channel that plays whatever it’s going to play 🤷🏼♀️
The window sill trick might just work. I’ll take it under consideration next time. Do you think the cake will sweat too much? Haha, and it’s fugget about it 🤡
Do you know how great you are? I’m pretty sure your blog is the friendliest one I’ve read, maybe I’m just saying that because you said ‘I do’ but I’m going with it anyway—super friendly. And, what is this Rifkan appearance?! You just have curie curators on speed dial now or what?! :cue the music:
Your cover image is best picture this week across all contenders, even @denissemata’s pink fingernails, and have you seen the competition out there?! It’s stiff—bravo, chef! Check you out goin toe-to-toe with these pro-to-pros (I just made that up). I’m the luckiest guy I know-to-know.
iheartu all the time.
Where’s that best comment badge you be given away? You earned it on this one babe. I don’t even have a swifty come back for this… hey, that’s cool you think my blog is friendly! I like that and I’ll take it. Love you mas mi amor. Muah xoxo
Looks so awesome and I believe it is delicious too :)
Thanks @rifkan- it was delicious. It didn’t last long though. I’m already in need of more Easter goodies so will get to baking again tomorrow. Heads up, a virtual piece of blueberry pineapple coffee cake coming your way :)
I'm hungry now. All that looks sooGOOD!!!
Upvoted of course @puravidaville
Thanks @jerrytsuseer! The cake only lasted about 12 hours in our house. That’s a little concerning being it’s only my husband and I 🤦🏼♀️ Haha
I've switched from icecream to frozen yogurt. One container might
Last 4 days, and it's just me
4 days is pretty good. If it’s in the house then I’m eating it. It’s a compulsion that I can’t stop until it’s gone 🤷🏼♀️ Frozen yogurt is bomb!
Ice cream, and like you, I have been known to, once starting
Not stopping until the entire gallon was gone. Rarely, but
Once or twice.
I would still eat it too much, too often. I really love it.
SO
In an attempt to cut down on the calories and sugar
I found Kroger
(where I shop for the prices and mainly the Gas Points)
carries a nice "Pineapple/Coconut" frozen Yogurt.
I like that now almost as much as the ice cream, so I've defeated
The purpose it seems.
I’ll freeze bananas, pineapple chunks, papaya, and coconut milk (canned fullfat by way of ice cube trays) and pop one banana, a handful of pineapple and an ice cube of coconut milk in the processor to make a delicious pina colada tasting ice cream. It’s delish.
Ps. I like the pics/emojis that you use is your comments.
Are paired with images, either original or Creative Commons images.
It is my way of making my words and images work together to
Get my feeling, message and self expression across more
Effectively, or should I say, that is my goal. It's also more
fun this way, don't you think @puravidaville?
Dear all look so yummy🤤😊
Thanks @denissemata. It’s not as beautiful as your cake art but it did the trick for satisfying my sweet tooth. Hope all is well with you and I really liked your Easter themed food fight this week.
The cakes will not always be beautiful, the important thing is that they are delicious
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I think it's about the time for me to get back to my dictionary😊 my english is getting bad after spending few days on facebook to comment on the voting count of the general election last wednesday 😷 I though that I'll find a cake made from coffee, but it's a coffee cake 😊 darn facebook!
Why do I like @dandays tacos then yours @puravidaville😯 still... the coffee cake is the only star here.. that hand is yours, I have mine with spider tattoo too😂
Dandays loves that you don’t use a translator, he’s so impressed with you. I just read your comment out loud to him and that was his reaction 😍. We think your English is very good and the fact that you practice all the time means that it’ll get better. The only way to get better is to practice :)
I don’t know why they call them coffee cakes when they aren’t made from coffee 🤷🏼♀️ I suppose it’s because they are generally served along side a cup of joe (that means coffee in American idiom). The cake was so good it was gone by the next afternoon. The tacos were a close second though :)
Oh my dear, I read through this and hit the kitchen! This blueberry pineapple number...oh can I come visit? What a wonderful Easter treat! Your neighbor will never leave it you feed these kinds of meals...tacos too? Love it! Gotta prepare my fff treat! adios and sweet blessings for you ad hubby this Easter! Any Easter festivities on the calendar?
I just saw your triple f contender and it looks like you brought the heat into the kitchen this week. 😋 Pizza wheels looking yum, mmm kkkk!
You can always come for a visit Mrs. Bird. Happy Easter to you and your family as well. Nothing planned, just taking it easy per usual. Probably cooking and baking per usual. Haha. Many blessings 😘
That looks as good as I imagined it would be when you told me what you were making! That is one lucky neighbor you got there! I hope my Easter treat comes out half that delicious. Since you taunted with tacos, I just had to jump in the ring this week. Great minds think alike because I used chayote slaw in a bowl that we turned into tacos at the end of the week! Happy Easter weekend my friend! Now I need to go catch up on other replies... ;)
I just saw that chayote creation @birdsinparadise. Yum!! It’s the first time I’ve worked with the squash myself. Very mild, we can literally do anything with it but tacos are always a winner in my book :). Next time I might whip up a chayote slaw myself. Looking forward to your Easter treats…
You called her birdsinparadise, lol! That’s funny because I know exactly how it happens—I’ve just never done it. 😉 Smooth moves bro! ....they totally missed!
Well, at least you got the nicest cover image.
Dang it!!! Thanks for catching that. “Correction”… haha
Sorry @plantstoplanks- a little too much relaxation causes me to call people by different names. I’ll lay off next time I go to respond to Peeps.
Frozen Blueberries... You need to get rid of them.... I eat frozen blueberries by the buckets!!! I like throwing them in my juicer frozen..... oh ya my juicer turns into a sorbet machine also😜😜 along with some frozen bananas and BOO-YA!!!
But I guess you could take them and make like the most delicious cake ever if you had to.
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I love me some nice cream too. That’s what blended frozen blueberries and bananas are called at my house. Dandays isn’t such a fan but then again he’s nuts. I would really like to take the blueberries with us since you can’t find them like that in stores of Costa Rica but I guess I’ll settle for some yum cake 🤦🏼♀️ Thanks for stopping by Splatts!
I will shoot you a video of my juicer making some nice cream. It is pretty cool. Little mushed balls of frozen banana covered in blueberry. Ooohhhh weee. Ya that dude is weird. LOL
So weird. I’d even top it with choc chips or toasted coconut, sometimes chia seeds or nuts… I love it. If you put a scoop of peanut butter in with frozen bananas, add some coconut milk and choc chips then blend you’ll get a snickers version of nice cream 😋 just sayin…
Your Food Fight Friday Contender has been entered into Round 39
May your contender make it out alive and not be placed in a permanent food coma!
Good Luck
There you are :)
That is really does look good, I have a sweet craving after seeing that 🤤
Hey, @puravidaville.
Blueberry and pineapple together. Don't think I've tried that before. I like them separately, though, so why not? :)
Now, since I haven't really baked with almond flour before, does it not rise very much? It looks like things pretty much stay compact.
Way to thrown in the marina into the mix, too, by the way.
So, moving again. How long are you going to keep moving around? I guess this is to get a feel for different spots before you settle on where you want to be permanently, or do you figure a moving target is harder to hit? :) I have to say, I think you're doing it right. Especially if it's more or less an inexpensive way of going about it.
I say that, because my experience with Airbnb the two times we did it on Oahu is it's much cheaper to rent a private place than it is to stay in a hotel.
Not only is it much cheaper but far better in our opinion. We get places that are homes complete with AC, cable, full kitchens, WiFi, pool, and sometimes that include cleaning and laundry services. Really can’t go wrong.
We are jumping around every 30 days because it’s fun… we get to see a lot of the country while deciding where we want to park that way. Plus we have the option of going somewhere else entirely if we wanted. The moving target thing makes a whole lotta sense too :)
You’re right, any gluten free flour is going to be a little denser than all purpose flours. Super tasty still though. 😋
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