Heavenly Rosewater Cake with Berry Bliss Icing Recipe

Rose Water Cake with Berry Bliss Icing

My hubby, kids, and I traveled to Israel to visit family over the winter holidays and we decided to spend our layovers in Paris. On the flight over, I decided to get into true Parisian spirit by watching some classic French cooking shows. There is so much beauty in French culture and I adore the way that French cuisine approaches cooking more as an art form than a chore. There is so much care put into each creation that both cooking and eating become a truly sensual experience. As I took in this incredible culinary approach during my long flight, I started dreaming about bringing even more art and beauty into my own culinary creations and that is what inspired this absolutely heavenly cake, which brings together soft colors, delicate flavors, and the ethereal beauty of classic French pastries.

Gather This:

For the Rose Water Cake:

  • ¾ cup almond flour
  • ½ cup of gluten-free flour
  • 1 ½ cup pistachios
  • 1 cup of butter, softened
  • 1 cup of coconut sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 Tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 5 teaspoons of rose water
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • Himalayan pink salt
  • 1 Tablespoon Berry Bliss Superfood + Protein Blend

 

For the Berry Bliss Icing:

 

Do This:

Preheat the oven to 300F. Spread pistachios out on a cookie sheet and place in oven for 3-5 minutes or until they turn a slightly golden color. Remove pistachios from oven and allow to cool.

Once the pistachios have cooled, remove ¾ cup and set aside to use as decoration. Add the rest of the pistachios to a food processor and process until coarsely chopped. Remove the ground pistachios form the food processor and set aside. 

In a small food processor, cream the butter and coconut sugar together on a low setting, until fully combined. While the food processor is running, add eggs, one at a time, and then add the lemon juice and rose water.

With the food processor off, remove the lid of the food processor, and add the baking powder, gluten-free flour, almond flour, the ground pistachios, a pinch of pink salt, Berry Bliss powder, and pulse until well combined. Test the consistency on by scooping a bit up with a spoon. If it isn’t soft enough to fall easily off the spoon right away, but slowly slides off, then it’s perfect! If it’s too stiff to slide off the spoon, then add water, one teaspoon at a time until it is soft enough to slide off of the spoon.

Scoop the batter in a round spring-form cake pan and smooth out the top with a spoon or spatula. Bake on your oven’s center rack at 300F for 40-50 minutes. Test doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center of the cake. Once it comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven. (I recommend checking on this cake about 20 minutes into the baking time. If the cake is starting to look too brown on the top, cover it with foil, return it to the oven, and check for doneness regularly.)

Once cake is done, remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 15-20 minutes. Then, remove the cake from the pan and place on a wire rack or dish to continue cooling. While the cake is cooling, you can prepare the icing.

In a food processor, combine the coconut shreds, melted coconut butter, honey, and coconut milk and blend until smooth and creamy. Once the cake is completely cool, drizzle with Berry Bliss Icing and sprinkle with the toasted whole pistachios that were set aside earlier. You may also garnish with rose petals, which are edible either raw or crystallized with sugar and egg whites.

You can store this cake in an airtight container for several days or serve immediately with LOVE!

Be sure to check out the video of Sophie creating this heavenly cake in her home kitchen and subscribe to The Philosophie on YouTube for more great recipes, fitness tips, and guides to living a beautiful, bliss-filled life!

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Green Dream Matcha Chia Pudding Recipe

Green Matcha Chia Pudding

Matcha chia pudding is a vegan, healthy, energizing snack! Created with matcha powder, coconut milk, Green Dream, chia, cinnamon, and vanilla, it's a lovely way to start the day. Plus, you can definitely prep this one the night before – it only takes 5 minutes! 

Green Dream and matcha team up to make this satisfying and detoxifying pudding an AMAZING source of antioxidants. Spirulina, the star ingredient in Green Dream, is bursting with antioxidants, including zeaxanthin, cryptoxanthin, phycocyanin, betoa-carotein, superoxide dismutase, and lutein. These free-radical fighting molecules bolster the immune system, combat invasive viruses and pathogens, and promote healthy vision and beautiful skin.

Matcha powder is actually an even more potent source of nutrients! In drinking the finely powdered leaves, your body is flooded with antioxidants called polyphenols, which have been linked to promoting heart health, regulating blood sugar levels, and reducing blood pressure. Matcha also contains another polyphenol called EGCG that's been shown to stop cancer cell growth and support the metabolism–which explains why the price tag on matcha is quite a bit higher than green tea bags!

This Green Dream Matcha Chia Pudding is a delicious snack and natural form of medicine full of fiber and healthy fats to keep you satisfied all morning! Top it with granola and fresh fruit!

 

Green Superfood Matcha Chia Pudding

Gather This:

2 cups coconut milk
½ cup chia seeds
1 teaspoon Green Dream Superfood Blend
1 teaspoon matcha powder
1 teaspoon Cosmic Elixir (optional & great source of collagen!)
1 tablespoon vanilla
½ teaspoon cinnamon
granola, nut butter, cacao nibs, bee pollen (toppings) 

     

    Do This:

    Combine all ingredients in a large jar, put the lid on, and shake well! Let it sit for at least 1 hour in the fridge, during which time it'll take on a gel-like pudding texture! Top with your favorite toppings like granola, nut butter, bee pollen, and cacao nibs! 

    Matcha Green Superfood Chia Seed Pudding
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    Green Overnight Oats

    We love to eat our greens! These overnight breakfast oats made with cinnamon, banana, almond milk and our Green Dream Superfood Blend filled with tons of healing & mood-boosting superfoods like spirulina and maca.

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    About 1 cup of oats (or quinoa)
    1 cup almond milk or milk of choice
    1 tablespoon Green Dream
    1 ripe banana
    1 tablespoon chia seeds
    Cinnamon

    Do This:
    In a bowl, mash up your ripe banana. Add in Green Dream and stir well. Mix in your oats, chia seeds, cinnamon and stir well. 
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    Vegan No-Bake Cacao + Peanut Butter Cookies

    Dream up this batch of no-bake, guilt-free cookies filled with wholesome ingredients for you or someone you love to enjoy!


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    ½ cup creamy peanut butter or almond butter

    1 tsp vanilla

    3-5 tablespoons Cacao Magic Superfood Blend

    ½ tsp salt

    Drizzle of Cacao Bee Honey



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    Vegan Cacao + Peanut Butter Cookies

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    Fried PB, Banana & Honey Sandwich

    Step up your sandwich game with this delicious and satisfying fried peanut butter, banana and superfood honey sandwich! When we say “fried” we don’t mean a deep-fried sandwich. It’s lightly toasted in butter for a golden, crispy crust. 


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    1 banana

    2 slices of bread

    Butter or oil

    Peanut butter

    Berry Bee Honey


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    Heat oil or butter in a skillet on medium high heat. Slice your bread, spread peanut butter and chop up one banana.

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    PB, Banana & Honey Sandwich
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    ¼ cup chia seeds

    1 ½ cups of canned coconut milk

    1 tbsp superfood honey (we used Cosmic Dream but any raw superfood honey would work!)

    1-2 tbsp Green Dream


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    1 (10-ounce) package chocolate chips (semi-sweet, milk, vegan)

    ¾ cup Coconut Magic (or coconut butter of choice)

    ¼ cup Cacao Magic

    1 teaspoon coconut oil

    Cacao nibs & salt for decoration (optional)


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