[Beetroot Queen]

Coconut cookies

2 oz cocounut baking flour ( Tiana)
3 oz gluten and wheat free flour ( doves farm)
4oz dairy free margarine
2oz light brown demerara sugar.


Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix until it forms a ball. Roll into small balls and flatten slightly.
Bake for 12 mins at 160 ( fan)

Now I tried these today, they taste good, look fine but they are a bit too crumbly for little Harry. What can I do to alter this, any ideas.

I have a few bits from the paleo recipes so thanks for that

[Beetroot Queen]

These are the cookies

[devonbarmygardener]

Ground cardamom is a good spice with that recipe, or leave it out and use lots of orange rind

  Oi get off - are you looking at my notes ?!

I've put ½ teaspoon of cardamom in the frosting it really brings out the citrus.

Did I not tell you I was a witch.

I use lots of cardamom; it is used a lot in Scandinavian baking and I love the flavour.
It is also really good in coffee cake. I make a coffee, chocolate and cardamom biscotti to go with coffee.

We witches know how to spice things up 

[LotuSeed]

Hmmm could you try adding a bit of applesauce or mashed banana to supplement the dairy free margarine ??

[Beetroot Queen]

I was going to try golden syrup but banana and apple idea sounds nice.

[devonbarmygardener]

These are the cookies

They look nice BQ

[Beetroot Queen]

If I could sort out the crumbliness they would be great. Coconut flour gave them good flavour ( so it should at £6.97 a small bag) 

[devonbarmygardener]

If I could sort out the crumbliness they would be great. Coconut flour gave them good flavour ( so it should at £6.97 a small bag) 

It's not cheap being allergic to so much food-wise is it!

[snowdrops]

As you say golden syrup would be good, could do all doves gluten free flour & add some coconut oil for flavour missing out the syrup.

[Beetroot Queen]

I am going to have to do a lardman style cake fiddle.

What this space.

Had to order doves bread flour because all our local supermarkets dont stock it  guess where I found it in stock.


Hobby craft ?  and 20% off too.

[devonbarmygardener]

Our Toscos stocks Doves flour - never noticed if it was allergy free stuff

[snowdrops]

Will you not get some prescription foods for him?

[Beetroot Queen]

Will you not get some prescription foods for him?

We will once we confirm wheat and gluten are causing the problem.

Tesco stock doves normal but not the bread flour. Harry loves bread so the need for a loaf is big 

[LotuSeed]

Hey don't forget to try Amazon. If I can't find something in the stores near me I can usually find it on there and sometimes the price is better.

[LotuSeed]

Its disgusting, it has the weirdest taste on the planet. And it sunk right at the last minute.

I could forgive the sink if it tasted good but good grief people say this is the nicest cale ever

Pass me the bucket. No eggs in it but it tasted of rotten eggs  anyone actually ever tried this...... Lardman maybe hes always trying wacky

Here's a Chocolate Cake Recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking.
Preheat oven to 180C or has mark 4.
Lightly oil bundt pan, 9 inch springform pan or muffin tins.

188g of All Purpose Flour
150g granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
30g unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
80ml canola oil
15ml white distilled vinegar
235 ml cold water

Thoroughly combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Create a well in the center of dry ingredients and add vanilla, oil, vinegar and cold water. Mix until just combined. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes. If making cupcakes check for doneness after 15 mins.

You could try swapping out the AP flour for say coconut flour, but since coconut flour is drier you'd need to compensate that with extra "egg" ingredients. (Which I think would be the water and oil.- or a combo of water oil and banana if you wanna cut down on the oil content)  The vinegar and baking soda give it rise more than moisture.

This is just a working theory though. I'll keep looking in the meantime.