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Coconut flour

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I’ve bought some coconut flour today and I’m going to try and make a cake over the weekend. I’ve looked up some recipes online but was wondering if anyone had any they wanted to share? I’m hoping to make a decent cake and no sugar custard (quick google said egg yolks and cream) that I can make again for the family for Christmas dinner
 
bakebeans said:
I’ve bought some coconut flour today and I’m going to try and make a cake over the weekend. I’ve looked up some recipes online but was wondering if anyone had any they wanted to share? I’m hoping to make a decent cake and no sugar custard (quick google said egg yolks and cream) that I can make again for the family for Christmas dinner
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https://www.google.com/search?clien...j46i275j0i10.j8D_yvjSt0w#imgrc=vI5hhu6yCV475M: most important to remember it behaves differently. Very dry and needs lots of liquid. The above conversion chart is what I use.
 
Thank you, I’m not great at baking so going to find a recipe and follow it exactly
 
I’ll try and find some I’ve used in the past. I don’t cook with it as much as I used to but when I get a mo I’ll report back 🙂
 
Thank you I’d really appreciate it
 
I use coconut four for baking my bread, but I need to get some wheat gluten before trying it again, so I can reduce the bread four I use. I use ground almonds, milled seeds, psyllium husk flour along with the coconut flour in order to 'dilute' the carbs from the rye and white bread flour, and it makes a big difference to the carb content of a slice, and it even tastes good - but the essential ingredient is the gluten, as that holds the gas from the working of the yeast and gives a good rise.
 
As Sally says it behaves very differently and needs a lot of liquid. A recipe like this is pretty good - I’ve not made this exact one but similar https://www.savorylotus.com/simple-coconut-flour-cake/

The chocolate brownie recipe I used to use has disappeared but this looks ok http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/45539/coconut-chocolate-brownies.aspx

I generally prefer to use almond flour in baking but you can get a reasonable cake from it. It will always have a different texture so don’t expect the cake to feel like wheat flour cake.
 
I can’t wait to try these over the weekend. I’ve been feeling really worried about Christmas everyone comes to my house for dinner and tea so I’ve been trying to look up low carb puddings and party food for the evening and wondering if I’m going to have enough will power not to eat the sausage rolls and crisps etc
 
If you like that sort of things having an antipasti platter with sliced meats, cheeses, olives, roast veg etc on. You can buy jars of roast veg cheaply at Aldi if you cba to do your own.
 
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If you like that sort of things having an antipasti platter with sliced meats, cheeses, olives, roast veg etc on. You can buy jars of roast veg cheaply at Aldi if you cba to do your own.
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thank you I was thinking of those kind of things today. I’ve never tried roast veg from a jar so I’ll have to see what I can find
 
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