"If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe" ~ Carl Sagan.
Last week's theme "Dessert Challenge: Cakes & Pies!" brought into existence many great cakes and pies from our Steemians! Not only did you get to enjoy your fine desserts but so did we, as the wonderful photographs and descriptions delighted our imaginations almost as well as it would fill our bellies! Guest judge @ats-david and his wife really enjoyed looking through all these beautiful entries and selecting their favourites. Many thanks again to @ats-david for his time... I do believe you've been rewarded with an abundance of delicious recipes!
I don't mean to sound judgmental about any entries - our choices are our own business - but I have to say how thrilled I was to see the majority of entries were actually healthy options, and used all kinds of natural sweetners such as dates, coconut sugar, honey, fruit rather than the Evil Temptress processed sugar. The range of desserts here that are nutritious rather than bowls of guilt highlights something pretty significant: we don't actually need to use processed sugar in baking! Sure it's the easy option for things like cakes, and textures can sometimes be tricky when trying to achieve similar results, but it's do-able with a bit of experimentation.
Sugar is just so harmful to the body that in my (well-informed) opinion it's not worth it to even eat one single chocolate bar. I ate 5 milk chocolates on my birthday in the summer, and for 3 whole days after I couldn't get chocolate out my head. It was insane! Yes, sugar makes you crave more and more... akin to a coke habit actually, and that's not just my opinion. You can read more about the effects of sugar here, and please get clued-up before diving into that massive tin of Christmas chocs! People give me funny looks all the time when they offer my 2 year-old son candy and I refuse it... they think I'm mean Mama denying him a treat. But is it a treat? Is it really??? Anyway... my boy gets the superior home-baked goodies to enjoy instead hehe!
"Frozen Blueberry Cakes" by @mermaid
"Oat Cakes with Blueberry Jelly" by @mermaid
"Pear Cheesecake" by @blackberryskunk
"Raspberry Chocolate Pie" by @blackberryskunk
"Pumpkin Tiramisu Cake with Heritage Mascarpone Frosting (Refined Sugar Free)" by @ikaputri3
"Healthy Banana Cheese Cake" by @marzi
"Extremely Healthy Red Bean Brownie!" by @anna.urbanska
"Simple Peanut Butter Banana Pie" by @steemit-foodie
"Pecan Chocolate Cake" by @lenasveganliving
"Carrot Cake with Dates and Walnuts" by @pandamama
"Summer Wine Cake" by @grannycooks
4th prize 5 SBD sponsored by @sirwinchester
"Pecan Chocolate Cake" by @lenasveganliving
3rd prize 8 SBD sponsored by @gringalicious
"Pear Cheesecake" by @blackberryskunk
2nd prize 10 SBD sponsored by @gringalicious
"Pumpkin Tiramisu Cake with Heritage Mascarpone Frosting (Refined Sugar Free)" by @ikaputri3
1st prize 12 SBD sponsored by @gringalicious
"Extremely Healthy Red Bean Brownie!" by @anna.urbanska
#49 - Dessert Challenge: Cakes & Pies!
#48 - A Unique Lentils Dish That Was Never Seen Before!
#47 - A Hearty Dinner for a Ravenous Rambler
~~ A YEAR OF 1st PRIZE WINNERS! SCC "Hall of Foodie Fame" ~~
#46 - Apple
#45 - Vegan Buddha Bowl
#44 - Chocolate Crazy Dessert Divine
#43 - Autumn Feast Special
#42 - Beautiful Bread
#41 - Monochrome
#40 - Mexican Food Showdown
#39 - Baby Food
#38 - Vegan Dishes From Around The World
#37 - Healthy Yet Tempting Food for Children
#36 - Food Fit For A German
#35 - Ice-Cream
#34 - A Smoothie for @smooth
#33 - Brilliant Berries
#32 - Picnic Alfresco
#31 - Vegan Main
#30 - Tempting Tarts
#29 - Take Me To Brunch... In Your Country
#28 - Cupcakes
#27 - Be A Michelin Star Chef For One Night
#26 - Sugar-Free Raw Vegan Desserts
#25 - Your Favourite Dish
#24 - Mouthgasms
#23 - Otsumami
#22 - Mediterranean Night
#21 - Coffee a la Barista's
#20 - Pancake Paradise
#19 - Sweet and Savory Crepes
#18 - Tasty, Wholesome Meals for Weight Loss
#17 - Shepherd's Pie
#16 - Tacos for a Tech Savvy
#15 - Roast It
#14 - DIVINE LEMONed DESSERT
#13 - The Finest Fish Dish
#12 - Purely Paleo
#11 - Cheeseless Burger
#10 - Anglo–Sino Chicken
#8 - La Pasta Perfetta
#7 - Battle of Noodles
#6 - HOT Off the Grill
#4 - Super Salads
#3 - Smoothie Showdown
#2 - Out of the Box Sandwiches
#1 - Sniffle Remedy Soup
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, either by posting your queries on the comment thread below, or you can find me on Steemit.chat under the same name. I will respond as soon as I can.
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Proud of you for being such a lovely host. Hugs and high-fives to you for all your efforts to encourage the community to share their kitchen creations, week after week. This looks like a grand finale to me, with lots of fantastic desserts, where everybody wins! :)
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That's so lovely, thank you! I'm blushing a little ;-) Perhaps someone else will start a similar challenge... someone with more time to promote and invite new bloggers etc. I had so many ideas for growth but just not the time to do it properly. never mind, we all had so much fun didn't we!!!
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All of the cakes look so delicious! Congratulations everyone :)
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Thanks @kotturinn... on behalf of everyone!!! :-)
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Thank you so much! Happy to be among the winners.
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Your efforts with that cake was well worth it!
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Wow! Thank you ! I never thought I would win
that one ! 😍😍
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What a good thing you decided to enter!!! Great recipe :-)
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Congrats winners! Lots of great looking entries as always. Looking forward to checking out the final category! :)
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Yeah me too! Still waiting to hear from the person who supposed to be guest judge, and I normally would have posted it by now. Never mind... Whatever happens now we'll enjoy this last round!
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I am sure it will be a great round to finish out on! Maybe your guest judge is just trying to come up with a really good one to end on to do all of your hard work justice. ;)
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Aw you're such a sunny person @plantstoplanks... Not only looking to the bright side but I think you're actually on the bright side! :-)
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Aww, well it is easy for me to stay positive when I'm not the one running the challenge! I'm sure it is a little more stressful on your end, but I'm happy to bring a little extra sunshine any time you need it. :)
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Congrats winners!!?
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Thank you @marzi, it was certainly a tough choice for the judge @ats-david! I hope to see you join in the final round if you get time :-)
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