1st Birthday - Gluten Free, Paleo Orange and Almond Cake Recipe

This month is my blog's first birthday! A year ago early July 2013 I decide to take my "good camera" and take pictures of a new recipe I created: an orange and almond cake. Check out my first post! I think it is fair to say I have seriously improved my food photography skills and also my baking skills. 

In one year I have created (and eaten!) so many delicious and nutritious cakes, salads and more. I do not follow any diet label so my recipes range from raw, vegan, gluten free, dairy free and paleo. However they are all based on nutritious healthy wholesome ingredients. 

In one year I have had over 60,000 views on my blog (with 10,000 views each month in the past 2 months!) and I am still blown away anyone apart from my mother and myself would have a look at it! I have even had a bliss ball recipe featured on The Body Book!!(healthy website from Cameron Diaz!) That was probably the highlight of my blogging year! (Hence all the exclamation marks!) 

I have enjoyed being adventurous in the kitchen and trying to turn old favourite french recipes into healthier recipes. I am hoping to do more healthy french recipes and also more savoury recipes as I think my blog is 80% sweets (with 60% of them being chocolate based!). 

To commemorate my blog's first birthday I recreated my first recipe which as an Orange and Almond Cake. I chose to create a brand new recipe that I knew would work better than the first one. This revamped orange and almond cake recipe is vegan, gluten free and paleo.

Stay tuned for a special new recipe to celebrate my blog's first birthday (it includes chocolate!).

Orange and Almond Cake recipe:

• 1 cup of almond milk;
• 1tbsp apple cider vinegar;
• 1 cup almond meal;
• 1/4 cup of coconut flour;
• 1 tsp vanilla paste;
• 2 tsp baking powder;
• 1/2 cup of honey or the sweetener of you choice;
• 6 drops of Orange essential oil or zest of 1 orange + juice of 1/2 orange;
• Silvered almond to top;

1. Pre heat oven at 200 degrees and line a cake tray with baking paper;
2. Mix the almond milk and apple cider vinegar and let to react on its own for 5 min;
3. Add the baking powder, almond meal and coconut flour;
4. Mix with the vanilla and honey;
5. Add the orange zest and juice or drops of Doterra essential oil.
6. Put in the cake tray and put in the oven for 30 min;
7. Let to cool and enjoy (be careful when serving as it gets a little crumbly)

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