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Pumpkin Cake Mayella Almazan

Pumpkin Cake with Essential Oil of Mandarin

(Standard and Vegan Versions)

Ingredients:

200g  Ground Almonds

230g  Organic -and preferably unsweetened- apple sauce at room temperature (or 4 eggs for the non-Vegan version)

175g  Organic Virgin Coconut oil

85g  raw honey or same amount of Agave syrup (Vegan)

150g  pumpkin

1tspn  ground clove

1 1/2  tspn cinnamon

1 1/2  tspn allspice

2 level  tbsp baking powder

3 drops Certified-Organic Red Mandarin Essential Oil

Method:

1. Cut the pumpkin into cubes and roast in a hot oven until cooked through. Allow to cool and sit for a few hours/overnight to allow the juices to separate. Discard the juices.

2. Melt and cool Organic virgin Coconut oil

3. If using eggs, whisk them til frothy and then add the 3 drops of Certified-Organic Red Mandarin oil

4. If using the apple sauce, whisk the honey into the coconut oil and then add the apple sauce to the mix. Add the 3 drops of Certified-Organic Red Mandarin oil

5. Add the spices and the baking powder to the ground almonds and mix through

6. Add the almond mix to the egg/apple sauce mixture stirring anti-clockwise as you go!

7. For the finale, add the pre-mashed pumpkin, gently mixing it in anti-clockwise

8. Pour the mixture into a lined loaf tin (you can divide into an individual muffin tin if you prefer but don’t forget to adjust the cooking time to about 25 minutes)

9. Place in to a pre-heated oven, gas 2/3, 160c for 40 minutes then cover with foil for the remainder 15mins or until cooked.

Test with a skewer, it should come out clean.

Enjoy !

By Mayella Almazan from Yo Soy Gaia

Namaste By Jennifer Walsh

Namaste

By Jennifer Walsh-Rupakheti

I look at you

From my heart

And my heart opens

To see you

Namaste

Your eyes dazzle me

As your heart

Sings through them

Namaste

Your smile wakens me

As your soul

Speaks to me

Namaste

Your beauty captures me

And i forget time

Namaste

You look back at me

Our souls meet

Namaste

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Jennifer Walsh-Rupakheti, Founder & Owner of Namaste Yoga Centre in Belfast in Northern Ireland.