Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 05:07 PM
Hello Luvs,
Glad to see that everyone liked our amaranth soup. It kinda just happened unexpectedly, but those are when the best recipes turn out right?
But as we promised here is our easy raw and gluten free carrot cake recipe 
Pure2Raw Recipe: Carrot Cake Recipe using carrot pulp
This recipe took us two times to perfect. And we are still creating new versions of this so that it can be done for those who do not have a dehydrator. Though technically you do not have too even with this recipe. We just like the texture the dehydrator provides the cake!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup carrot pulp (ours was a mixture of about 3 carrots and one apple)
- 1 1/2 cups coconut flakes
- 1/4 cup +1 tbsp date paste ( can use agave or maple syrup if you do have dates)
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 2 tsp coconut sugar or maple sugar (not raw but adds great flavor and texture)
- 1 tbsp mesquite (optional)
- 2 tbsp vanilla
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- coconut oil
Frosting: we used coconut butter whipped with some stevia, vanilla, and a little agave. But you can use any frosting you prefer! Also we did not add nuts but you could always throw in some chopped walnuts.
Directions:
Take your carrot pulp and remaining ingredients into place into food processor and pulse a few times to get all ingredients well combined! You may use your hands to combine ingredients if you do not have a food processor
And form cake dough into muffin liners or cake pan. We did ours individual ramekins (made 3). And dehydrate for a few hours, maybe 4-5 hours.
Remove from pan/liners and let dehydrate for another 4 hours or so. You want the cake to feel dry but not over dry, have a little bit of moistness to it
Once it comes out just top with frosting and devour. Nothing beats eating a carrot cake that is truly full of fiber, healthy fats, and lots of flavor and texture We are hooked!
We were a little nervous about this recipe because the first one we made we put way to much carrot pulp in and not enough other flavors because all we tasted was carrots! Don’t get me wrong we love carrots though it was a bit too much 
Another great thing about this recipe is that it is pretty easy to make but it is always RAW (semi raw), gluten free, vegan, soy free, casein free and nut free!!!
The frosting does complete the whole cake! Who doesn’t love some good coconut butter as frosting!!!!!
We hope you enjoy this carrot cake recipe as much as we do Now go make some fresh carrot apple juice and make some of this carrot cake! Let us know how it goes!
I think Katie would agree that anything with carrots and coconut butter is delicious. She has made some delicious carrot creations like her carrot cake macaroons and her carrot cake muffins! And this lovely lady made some raw carrot cake with chia seeds! And these two amazing ladies made some carrot cake smoothies here and here!
Love seeing all this carrot cake love
We have enjoyed this cake the past few nights…we just love it ; )
Drizzled with a little maple syrup
M's bowl - heavily drizzled with yacon ; )
L' bowl a little more conservative haha
Let us know if you make and what you think!
Enjoy your Thursday!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Raw Recipes, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, ingredients
Tags: carrot cake, carrot pulp, coconut butter, coconut sugar, date paste, gluten free cake, mesquite, raw cake
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 01:33 PM
Hello everyone,
How is everyone’s day going so far?
We got something exciting to share, the people at CSN stores contact us about doing a giveaway and product review on their site Kids Furniture. We looked over their site and looks like the got a great green line with great baby products which we are happy to review since our sister is pregnant. Always happy to find great baby things! Stay tuned for more details!
Lori and I have been quite productive today! We got up early this morning and got our workout done first thing. Today our workout was yoga. Glorious way to start the day in my opinion! Get the legs moving and blood pumping
Before we did our yoga workout we made a quick pre-workout sludge. A mixture of coconut oil, lemon, date paste, cacao powder! Simple and delicious. *sorry forgot to take a picture!
After our workout we enjoyed our green smoothie! (sorry no picture) but it was a collard green, granny smith apple, stevia, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, sunflower lecithin, dulse flakes and lemon. Perfect way to start our morning after a great 45 minute yoga session!
We did enjoy some delicious eats from yesterday starting with a simple snack of our coconut kefir – made more into a shake mixed with some chorella, stevia and maca!
And dinner was something different for us. It was an experiment. We soaked and fermented amaranth for 24 hours and than cooked it on the stove top with the same fermented water we soaked it in. We cooked the amaranth for about 20-30 minutes.
We knew that soaking grains make it easier for digestion so we thought about putting a probiotic in there to see if adding some healthy bacteria would help too! The finally result? Yes we felt it did help with our digestion. Not sure if it really fermented but the idea was nice
We ended up adding some of our cheez sauce over it with some fresh cilantro! So our amaranth dish turned out to be more like amaranth soup It was delicious!
Amaranth soup served along side some green kraut (that we made a few days ago in the bowl)
I ended up drizzling the amaranth soup over the kraut… OMG …. HEAVENLY! Beyond words, seriously amazing
The cheez sauce really made this dish. Loved it on top of my sauerkraut. Who knew? I guess I really do love just about anything with sauerkraut.
And as we were watching our favorite show LOST! We decided to have more carrot cake I told you I could have this every night!!!!
A little piece of heaven in a bowl! Love how we finally found a great way to use up our carrot pulp from our juices! We will share this carrot cake recipe tomorrow
Also today Lori and I were busy in the kitchen un-baking some treats for our farmers markets this weekend (testing more things for our cookbook, so happy to hear that everyone is excited for it), we are trying to create some new things. We will show you all pictures of everything later this week!
Also Lori is planning on heading over seas to visit her boyfriend in Paris in a few weeks. So if you have any good tips or advice for traveling in Paris, southern France and Spain (that is where she is traveling around) please let us know. She would love any suggestions
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Raw Recipes, product review, yoga
Tags: amaranth, baby products, carrot cake, carrot pulp, cheez sauce, coconut kefir, probiotic, sauerkraut
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 04:39 PM
Hello friends,
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day It was a glorious day here in NC… sunny and 70 degrees!!! I hope that means Spring is right around the corner
Got some request to share what we did for the banana pancakes. Remember this recipe we just threw [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Raw Recipes, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, ingredients
Tags: bananas, coconut kefir, lucuma, raw pancakes, tshirts
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Hey everyone
How was everyone’s weekend?? We had a long one over here, but worth it ; ) Did anyone watch the Oscars?? We took the night off from work and enjoyed some wine and good entertainment. We just enjoy the awards shows…all the pretty dresses.
We enjoyed some good eats [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Fitness, dessert, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, product review
Tags: buckwheat, coconut water, farmers market, kelp noodles, raw carrot cake, raw pancakes, sauerkraut, Twin Cakes Bakery
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 03:39 PM
Hello everyone
We wanted to give you an update on the kraut we made with you all last week.
Check out this quick video:
Raw sauerkraut is easy to, just make sure to keep the liquid above the kraut. When done just transfer kraut to smaller containers and enjoy at your leisurely. [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Beauty, Video, hormones
Tags: breakouts, depression, food journal, hormones, raw sauerkraut, sale, tshirts
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 01:57 PM
Hello friends,
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
Hope every one is enjoying their day. We are really excited because we finally have a nice warm weekend here in NC which is great for the farmers markets
We got some questions regarding our workouts – mainly with the Tracy Anderson mat method. This is the [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Fitness, Raw Recipes, ingredients, pure2raw products
Tags: avocado pudding, entrepreneur, mesquite, St. Pattys day, sunflower lecithin, Tracy Anderson, tshirts, water kefir
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Hello luvs,
Almost the weekend I know many of you are excited about that! Though we never really get ‘weekends’ anymore. Well things have been extremely busy around here which is always a good thing right
We are so happy that everyone is considering making their own fermented drinks! Promise [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Fitness, Miscellaneous
Tags: coconut kefir, gluten free vegan sticky buns, juice, post workout puddings, pre-workout snack, sauerkraut, tshirts
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Hello friends,
How is your day treating you? Good I hope!
It makes us so happy that everyone is loving our t-shirts!!!!! We are so excited for them and think they will be great for everyone to wear and enjoy Hard to believe the Fitbloggin is only a few weeks [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Hot Topics, Video, pure2raw products
Tags: crackers, fermented foods, FitBloggin, flatbreads, green product line, kombucha, Kombucha tea, macaroons, sale, St. Pattys day
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 05:01 PM
Hey everyone
Remember when we showcased our new items:
100% Organic t-shirts for all you wonderful bloggies out there
And
Well they are officially ready, so we have added them to our online store.
An easy fun way to advertise your blog ; ) And helping the environment by purchasing organic material!!
We are running [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Events, Fitness, environmental friendly, pure2raw products
Tags: FitBloggin, organic cotton, shopping online, specials, tshirts
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Hey friends,
We were blown away by how many people requested our recipe for our chocolate chip cookie pie. We have to thank Jessica again for inspiring us to create it, man she has much more amazing goodies we have been dreaming about to make ; ) We are thinking [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in: Miscellaneous, Video, environmental friendly
Tags: aloe leaf plant, cabbage, compost, going green, growing own food, juice pulp, sauerkraut
