Maybe you gave up chocolate or desserts for Lent. So now you might be ready to treat yourself just a little bit. This recipe might help you indulge your sweet tooth without sending your diet totally off the rails. Sometimes I just have to have dessert. But when I do I try and make it at least a little bit healthy. This reciped is adapted from a recipe from King Arthur Flour Company. It is gluten free and I used raw sugar and added nuts. Enjoy.
Chocolate Coconut Cake*
½ cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons butter
½ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup raw sugar
¾ cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon chocolate extract
6 eggs
Preheat oven to 400F.
Butter a 9 inch cake pan. Sift
together the coconut flour and baking soda. Set aside. In a saucepan melt the butter, then add the
cocoa power and whisk to combine.
Mix together the sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Add to the cocoa
mixture, and then add the flour mixture. Stir until well mixed. Fold in the nuts. Pour into the prepared pan. Let rest 10
minutes. Bake for 30 minutes our until a cake tester inserted into the middle
of the cake comes out clean.
Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Dust
with powder sugar.
*Adapted from recipe by King Arthur Flour
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Chris
Wodke
Founder
& Manager Team CMT
www.run4cmt.com
Chris is
a triathlete and long distance runner. She is a three time participant of the
Boston Marathon. In 2012 she finished 2nd
at Boston in
the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs
exploded.
She has
appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint
Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open
Division Champion.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship. She has qualified to represent TeamUSA
at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago
in 2015.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship. She has qualified to represent Team
In 2014 she represented the U.S.
as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas , Texas
She
travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.
She is
the author of the book, “Running for My Life” that details her experience as a
CMT affected athlete.
Team CMT
is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a cure
for CMT. We have 160 members in 32 states. We also have members in Australia , Scotland ,
Canada , Vietnam , Turkey ,
Finland and Iran . If you
wish to join us visit our web site; www.run4cmt.com
or www.hnf-cure.org
CMT or
Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It
affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS). It is a disease of the
nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of
normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.
Symptoms
include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor
balance and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual
dexterity.
Structural
foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.
Poor
tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold
hands and feet.
Additional
symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties and hearing
loss.
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