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Welcome! I’m Zehorit and I am passionate about flavorful, seasonal and healthy dishes. Cooking is how I express love to my family and how I welcome friends into my heart and home. Sharing the Mediterranean goodness I was fortunate enough to grow up with through entertaining and cooking classes is how I pay homage to my mother, the kitchen queen. Here - is where I share it all with you! Let’s roll our sleeves up and get cooking!

April 17, 2022

Fudgy Gluten Free Chocolate Passover Cake

April 17, 2022/ Zehorit Heilicher

The year is 2022 and we are finally getting together again with friends and family. What better way to say “I missed you” then with this decadent, fudge and chocolatey cake?
Every Passover I’m on the hunt for the next “best Passover chocolate cake”. This year’s winner is a recipe by Raheli Krut, whose blog I have been following for quite a while.
This cake received rave reviews from all who tasted it and I received many requests for the recipe.
So here it is, translated from Hebrew and adapted for the American user. Best thing about this cake? No need for mixer! All whisked in one bowl!

Fudgy Gluten Free Chocolate-Almond Cake

Mideast to Midwest

Welcome! I’m Zehorit and I am passionate about flavorful, seasonal and healthy dishes. Cooking is how I express love to my family and how I welcome friends into my heart and home. Sharing the Mediterranean goodness I was fortunate enough to grow up with through entertaining and cooking classes is how I pay homage to my mother, the kitchen queen. Here - is where I share it all with you! Let’s roll our sleeves up and get cooking!

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2019
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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Day 4: Food in the Time of Corona Challenge - Corona Cheddar bread rolls. NYT delicious recipe 🙏😋 https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019596-cheddar-beer-bread-rolls .
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First night: South of the Border chicken .
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Humble beginnings lead to delicious flavors! Thank you to the Seidman-Sokol family that joined me tonight for a private cooking class! Knife skills, roasting, soup making and pan sauces... all in a day’s work!
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