Whimsical spelt madeleines flavoured with fragrant rosewater and decorated with delicate edible rose petals are a delicious afternoon tea time treat as well as being made with no refined sugar, so feature high up on the healthy bake stakes!

Spelt Madeleines with Rosewater

Gavin Wren Baking, No Added Sugar, Recipes, Spelt & ancient grains

Today’s recipe is dedicated to Maryam at www.thepersianfusion.com for her amazing recipes that she produces on a regular basis. If you’ve not seen her blog then I strongly recommend you go and have a look at the amazing food she has to offer. After seeing her post a test recipe for rhubarb and rosewater cake served with chantilly cream and rosewater on Twitter I just had to go and get my rosewater out of the …

This salted dark chocolate peanut butter sauce is a rich, decadent, dairy free sauce that makes a sumptuous topping for desserts, sweets, cakes and ice creams. Featuring no refined sugar it’s made using 70% dark chocolate, plain peanut butter, salt, agave syrup and almond milk so perfect for those leading a sugar free or dairy free diet.

Salted Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce – Dairy Free

Gavin Wren Baking, Dairy free baking, Desserts, No Added Sugar, Recipes, Spreads & Dips, Vegan

Today’s recipe is a fuck-me-that’s-good (sorry mum) salted dark chocolate peanut butter sauce which could easily tempt you into eating the entire bowl with a spoon before it gets to the table. Glossy, silky dark chocolate mixed with peanut butter and a hint of salt to offset the sweetness makes for an unapologetically decadent dairy free sauce. Make as much as you desire, just don’t expect there to be any leftovers. Crowd Pleaser. Everything I …

Dark and fiery spelt and rye ginger cake

Dark & fiery ginger cake

Gavin Wren Baking, No Added Sugar, Recipes, Spelt & ancient grains, Writing, YouTube Food Videos

This cake is an absolute winner. A real, bona fide winner. It’s because of this cake that I won the Blognix Retreat Scholarship competition, being the recipient of a free ticket to the weekend blogger conference/retreat which is held at a spa hotel in Northamptonshire during February next year. The competition simply asked entrants to make a video only 90 seconds or less, explaining why they should win the scholarship. In an underhand tactic, I …

coconut date vegan frosting

Coconut & date vegan frosting

Gavin Wren Baking, Basic Ingredients, Dairy free baking, Desserts, No Added Sugar, Recipes, Vegan

I often make cakes that are either dairy free, with no refined sugar, or both, then finish them and think, oh, that would really benefit from something on top. What can I use? Whipped cream? No. Buttercream frosting? No. It becomes a whole new juggling act trying to create dairy free and refined sugar free frosting ideas which will sit on top and stay there, without it being utterly contrived. I could, of course, just …

spelt fruit bread

Lemon & ginger spelt fruit bread

Gavin Wren Baking, Dairy free baking, No Added Sugar, Recipes, Spelt & ancient grains

I have a personal rule regarding food that I make food for the blog, a promise to myself that I will not over-eat. Sounds simple, eh? You might think so, but sometimes I make dishes for the blog at peculiar times of the day or end up with way more food than I need, and I really don’t like wasting food. So, rather than engage in some kind of bacchanalian feast with it all, I …

banana peanut butter smoothie

Banana peanut butter smoothie – dairy free

Gavin Wren Drinks, Recipes

It’s no coincidence that my previous post on this blog was how to make peanut butter. When you’ve got half a kilo of freshly made nut butter laying around, you suddenly start using it a lot more, for instance putting a few dollops into a smoothie, just to see what it’s like. I don’t normally publish recipes like this, they feel massively frivolous when I could be developing some long winded, boring piece about a …