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Flourless chocolate date cake I rarely get overly descriptive about the recipes here but because I appreciate a bit of detail when I read other sites, I'm getting chatty. I tinkered with this recipe from  Green Kitchen Travels  as David and Luise are a go-to for more wholesome desserts. In the treat department, I like to know if I'm getting dense, super sweet, a healthier take, light and airy, or wherever it lies in the spectrum. There is a time and place for each of those sorts of desserts on different occasions. A flourless chocolate cake, classically speaking, is not really cake-like in texture at all. It is dense and rich and more similar to a brownie or fudge than cake and I am perfectly happy with that. This version is more wholesome - the refined sugar is replaced by a thick date paste that contributes a nice caramelly sweetness. I thought the dates would throw off the fudge factor, or maybe not make it as decadent and I was wrong. This cake is rich and chocolatey. The d...

This coffee cake is relatively low-fat with some of its classic butter content being replaced by the mashed banana. It's these everyday sorts of cakes I like in my back pocket for cooking and non-cooking days alike. BUTTERMILK BERRY CRUMB CAKE // Serves 8-10 Loosely adapted from  101Cookbooks For the sake of substitutions, I think you could replace the buttermilk with non-dairy milk and a tablespoon of lemon juice. As for making it gluten-free, I would try a blend of almond meal, oat flour, and flax meal but I hesitate to given proportions without trying it myself first. I am sure an all-purpose GF flour would be worth a shot as well. I still don't completely trust the oven at our new place so you'll have to report back if you try this and come up with different baking time. My oven and thermometer say different things and I don't exactly trust either. Bare with me. One day I will fix its uncertainty or my lack of faith.  3/4 cup buttermilk 1 1/2 medium ripe banan...