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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Debz on August 23, 2011, 09:32

Title: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: Debz on August 23, 2011, 09:32
Do any of you clever people have a tried and tested dairy free cake / sponge or muffin recipe?  I have a dairy intolerant colleague and we are having morning coffee tomorrow in the office and that means lots of cakes but I would like to make something that she could enjoy at the time and not suffer for later.  Thanks in anticipation.
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: tosca100 on August 23, 2011, 09:44
My MIL is coeliac and FIL diabetic. When we visit I google what I want ie gluten free diabetic chocolate cake, and it's surprising what you can find. There are a lot of recipes using oil instead of butter, especially muffins, and usually reviews. Saves a fortune on cookery books.

Hope this helps. :)
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: joyfull on August 23, 2011, 09:46
I have just found this website that has 91 dairy free cake recipes:-

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipes/tag-3191/dairy-free-cake.aspx
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: Debz on August 23, 2011, 10:24
Thanks both.  I will google later and also have a look at the site Joyful recommended.

I've just has a look at the site that Joy recommended and am going to try a lemon courgette cake because I have a big courgette from the garden that needs to be used before it is joined by some more.  Thanks again.
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: hamstergbert on August 23, 2011, 13:58
This recipe (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1388777/Costa-del-icious-Traditional-Spanish-almond-cake.html) from the Daily Mail is for a traditional Spanish almond cake (Santiago Cake) and is brill - flour free and fat free being made of only eggs, sugar and ground almonds with a pinch of cinnamon and ditto salt.  Gorgeous and dead easy.

For a similar thing done rather more in the style of a bakewell tart, the genuine Spanish recipe is this one (http://www.spain-recipes.com/tarta-santiago.html) which like the Mail take on it uses the same short list of ingredients with the addition of a bit of lemon rind (and icing sugar to dust on top simply as part of the presentation of it)

Certainly our favourite fat free, flour free and milk-free treats.  Unfortunately neither of them has any staying power - as soon as they are cool enough to cut both disappear like snow in summer!
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: tosca100 on August 23, 2011, 14:54
Venetian carrot cake is delicious too.mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: Elaine G on August 23, 2011, 22:21
Swiss roll contains no fat so is suitable for anyone that cannot eat dairy products.
I make cakes with Pure sunflower margarine which is dairy free.
Sorry this is probably too late for your coffee morning!

Elaine
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: Debz on August 24, 2011, 12:43
I made a courgette and lemon cake from the website that Joyful mentioned and it was the hit of the morning coffee.  I have to print out at least 5 copies of the recipe and will definately do it again myself.  It was really easy to do and lovely and moist to eat.
Title: Re: Dairy free cake recipe
Post by: joyfull on August 24, 2011, 13:07
glad your cakes were a hit - but where was my tasty sample  ;) :D