Taste and share some love this come Valentine ’s Day in brownie form . These pixie , a recipe from Mariana Cortez ’s Bunnie Cakes Bakery , in Miami , put up a healthier deep brown splurge . Both moist and full of flavor , they can be served to just about anyone with especial dietetic needs because they forfend soy sauce , gluten and animal products .
We caught up with Cortez at her preparation shop at the 8th International Chocolate Festival atFairchild Tropical Botanic Gardenin Coral Gables , Fla. As the largest tropic botanic garden in the continental United States , it ’s the perfect shoes to host such an event , as we could see the intact process of have chocolate , from the cacao plants grown on web site to the red-hot cocoa we savor beneath the coconut and decoration Tree .
“ Our stage business motto is we put our tenderness in everything we do , ” say Cortez , a Venezuelan aboriginal and former dissident on the realism show “ Cupcake Wars . ” You ’ll see optic grounds of that love as every detail in her bakery is either essence - shaped or is decorate with a mettle , not just for Valentine ’s Day , but throughout the year . Her artisanal bakery specializes in vegan , gluten - barren baking .
The culinary collapsible shelter , where we enjoyed Mariana ’s demo , is one stop on Fairchild ’s nine - stop “ ChocoWalk ” that starts in their tropic rain forest and passes through their edible garden where we try out several tropical yield , canistel and hot chocolate persimmons . It include arrest in the garden ’s Science Village , where you could find out about cultivating chocolate tree ( if you happened to be fortunate enough to live somewhere strong and humid enough ) , and the Garden House , where chocolatiers try out their hand - crafted sweets . There ’s nothing out of a Willy Wonka factory here .
Of course , you do n’t have to twist our arms to go to any fete dedicated to the artistic creation and skill of coffee produce from the seeds of the cacao plant and that ’s filled with cookery demos , tastings and hands - on displays . The three - day event is now one of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden ’s most popular , attracting more than 12,000 mass every year . So forget the cheeseburger . You might want to put this event on your pail list for burnt umber in paradise .
Gluten Free , Soy Free Vegan BrowniesRecipe good manners of Mariana Cortez , Bunnie coat Bakery
Yield:1 dozen heart - shape brownies
Ingredients
PreparationPreheat oven to 350 degree F.
In a large bowl , mix gluten - free flour , sugar , cocoa powder , baking powder and salinity . rain buckets in water , cocoa palm oil , vanilla extract , xanthan gum and coffee french-fried potatoes until well blended .
Spread evenly in 9 - by-13 - inch baking cooking pan .
broil for 25 to 30 transactions in the preheated oven , until the top is no longer lustrous . allow cool for at least 10 minute before cutting into foursquare or hearts .
beautify with small confect hearts , attached to the brownie with a acid of frost .
savor the salutary animation ,
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