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Desserts — 150 proper sweets, with a no-added-sugar option

Cakes, tarts, mousses, ice creams and bonbons, with the macros counted and no pretending they're salad.

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  • 150 recipes
  • Macros per serving for every recipe: calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber
  • Rico's note and Rico's tip in every recipe
  • A Thermomix® or similar version where it makes sense
  • Storage and reheating written with meal prep in mind

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85Cakes, muffins and brownies
12Sweet breads and banana breads
10Tarts and cheesecakes
26Mousses, puddings and creams
4Cookies, bars and bonbons
13Fruit, ice creams and sorbets

Some of the recipes

Snacks & SweetsVegetarian

Almond flour beignets

Fried little doughnuts, fluffy inside, dusted with powdered sugar.

278 kcal8 g protein25 min
5-Day Meal PrepSnacks & SweetsVegetarian

Angel food cake with no added sugar

Angel food cake as light as a cloud, almost fat-free.

78 kcal4 g protein68 min
5-Day Meal PrepThermomix® & Co.Snacks & Sweets

Beet red velvet cake

The color comes from beets, not food coloring.

281 kcal7 g protein67 min
5-Day Meal PrepThermomix® & Co.Snacks & Sweets

Creamy corn cake

Two textures in one cake — creamy at the bottom, fluffy on top.

408 kcal6 g protein52 min
5-Day Meal PrepThermomix® & Co.Snacks & Sweets

Spiced pumpkin cake

Fall spices in a moist, dense cake.

233 kcal6 g protein62 min
5-Day Meal PrepThermomix® & Co.Snacks & Sweets

Peanut cake

The flavor of paçoca (Brazilian peanut candy), now in slices.

210 kcal8 g protein52 min
Full contents all 150 recipes, one by one

Cakes, muffins and brownies

  1. Almond flour beignets
  2. Angel food cake with no added sugar
  3. Beet red velvet cake
  4. Creamy corn cake
  5. Spiced pumpkin cake
  6. Peanut cake
  7. Hazelnut cake
  8. Hazelnut cake with yacon syrup
  9. Banana cake with coconut flour
  10. Plantain cake with cinnamon crumble
  11. Basic vanilla cake
  12. Vanilla chocolate chip cake
  13. Buckwheat vanilla cake
  14. Coffee icebox cake with yogurt cream
  15. Coffee-flavored cake
  16. Cashew cake with crumble topping
  17. Classic carrot cake
  18. Chocolate carrot cake
  19. Carrot turmeric cake
  20. Protein carrot cake
  21. White chocolate cake
  22. White chocolate raspberry cake
  23. Chocolate stout cake
  24. Chocolate cake with chickpea flour
  25. Chocolate orange cake
  26. Chocolate almond butter cake
  27. Chocolate zucchini cake
  28. Chocolate mint cake
  29. German chocolate cake
  30. Rich chocolate cake
  31. Protein chocolate cake
  32. Chilled coconut cake
  33. Toasted coconut cake
  34. Apricot coconut cake
  35. Chai spice cake
  36. Cornmeal coconut cake
  37. Fresh fig and almond cake
  38. Berry cake
  39. Ginger spice cake
  40. Blueberry yogurt cake
  41. Simple yogurt cake
  42. Orange almond cake
  43. Whole orange cake
  44. Lemon chia cake
  45. Lemon cake with oat flour
  46. Lemon lavender cake
  47. Lemon poppy seed cake
  48. Intense lemon cake
  49. Sicilian lemon cake
  50. Cassava coconut cake
  51. Cassava orange cake
  52. Apple cake with coconut flour
  53. Apple cinnamon cake
  54. Corn cake with buckwheat
  55. Sweet corn cake with rice flour
  56. Sweet corn cake without corn
  57. Blender corn cake
  58. Strawberry chunk cake
  59. Pecan cake
  60. Walnut cake with coconut topping
  61. Pistachio cake
  62. Prestígio cake (chocolate and coconut)
  63. Pear cake with sliced almonds
  64. Quinoa cake
  65. Ricotta lemon cake
  66. Tahini lemon cake
  67. Buckwheat apple cake
  68. Date cinnamon cake
  69. Dense almond, orange and olive oil cake
  70. Chocolate formigueiro cake (Brazilian 'anthill' cake)
  71. Passion fruit and chocolate marble cake
  72. Classic marble cake
  73. Peanut chocolate marble cake
  74. Matcha vanilla marble cake
  75. Avocado cocoa brownie
  76. Sweet potato cocoa brownie
  77. Zucchini cocoa brownie
  78. Black bean cocoa brownie
  79. Banana cuca with buckwheat crumb topping
  80. Cuca with crumb topping (Brazilian streusel cake)
  81. Chocolate muffins with hidden vegetables
  82. Wheat-free chocolate roll
  83. Baked filled sonhos (Brazilian cream-filled buns)
  84. Lemon tart with coconut mousse
  85. Chocolate and cashew torta holandesa (Brazilian Dutch-style pie)

Sweet breads and banana breads

  1. Chocolate banana bread
  2. Matcha and berry banana bread
  3. Spiced pão de mel mini cakes (Brazilian spice cakes)
  4. Orange loaf cake with dark chocolate chips
  5. Carob bread
  6. Banana walnut bread
  7. Lighter banana bread
  8. Winter spice bread
  9. Lemon poppy seed bread
  10. Walnut, raisin and cinnamon bread
  11. Quick apple and walnut bread
  12. Light gluten-free pão-de-ló (Portuguese sponge cake)

Tarts and cheesecakes

  1. Protein banoffee with yogurt and banana
  2. Greek yogurt berry cheesecake
  3. Protein oat cheesecake
  4. Vegan chocolate chickpea cheesecake
  5. Air fryer fruit crumble
  6. Nut and berry crumble
  7. Almond and orange tart
  8. Berry tart with an almond crust
  9. Skillet apple tart
  10. Chilled lemon tart

Mousses, puddings and creams

  1. Protein quinoa rice pudding
  2. Peanut butter baba de camelo (Portuguese mousse)
  3. Banana cocoa cream
  4. Chocolate orange cream
  5. Coconut lemon cream
  6. Layered orange and coconut cream
  7. Dairy-free lemon cream
  8. Apple cream with walnuts
  9. Farófias with dates (Portuguese floating islands)
  10. Macarons with no added sugar
  11. Coconut manjar (Brazilian coconut pudding)
  12. Avocado cocoa mousse
  13. Avocado and dark chocolate mousse
  14. Coconut mousse
  15. Coconut lime mousse
  16. Mango mousse with coconut yogurt
  17. Chilled mango mousse
  18. Yogurt panna cotta with berries
  19. Pastel de nata in a glass (custard tart flavors)
  20. Molotof-style egg white pudding
  21. Orange and coconut pudding with dates
  22. Peaches with coconut cream
  23. Flourless coconut queijadinhas (mini coconut custard cakes)
  24. No-added-sugar coconut quindim (Brazilian coconut custard)
  25. Tiramisù in a glass
  26. Protein yogurt tiramisù

Cookies, bars and bonbons

  1. No-added-sugar alfajor cookies
  2. Date and cocoa bonbons
  3. Egg white meringues
  4. Almond cocoa truffles

Fruit, ice creams and sorbets

  1. Bananas Foster with pecans
  2. Roasted figs with honey, pecans and goat cheese
  3. Frozen banana and peanut butter ice cream
  4. Banana and cocoa ice cream
  5. Berry ice cream
  6. Skillet-caramelized apples
  7. Spiced roasted apple and pear
  8. Baked apples with cinnamon and almonds
  9. Poached pears with Christmas spices
  10. Honey ginger baked pears
  11. Pineapple coconut sorbet
  12. Wild berry and mint sorbet
  13. Mixed berry sorbet

No surprises: every recipe in the book is listed here. Click any of them to see, free, the full ingredient list, macros per serving, allergens and the start of the method.