Rob,

I finally had a chance to try the lemon curd! My first attempt in the microwave, turned out lumpy, as Azure said. So I looked in Martha Stewart's book on pies and tarts (puchased pre-lc, but it does have a couple of recipes I adapted to LC) and found the lemon curd recipe. It's basically the same as yours, but you cook it in a saucepan. It was delicious. I used 3 eggs and 1/4 cup of lemon juice, which made enough curd to fill the almond cake, which I cut in half horizontally. But the curd was so good I could have just eaten it like pudding.

Thanks for the inspiration; I hadn't thought of trying to make this lc, and I have always loved it.

Karla

Hi Karla,

glad you liked it as much as I did , yumm yumm !!!!

When I do it in the micro , I do it on very low heat and take it out every few seconds to stir it around . That stops it from going lumpy . Its just that doing it in the micro makes less of a mess and I am very keen on keeping mess to a minmum .

Rob

Is almond flour a product you purchase, ready to use; or do you just grind up almonds?

I see your measurements are in grams...where to I learn how to convert them to teaspoons or tablespoons???? Thanks!

you can buy almond flour which is just ground almonds . OR , if you are adventuruous you can make your own . Here's how,


buy plain almonds and blanch them by placing in cold water and bringing it up to boil leave to boil for 1 minute and strain off the water . Then you simply pop each almond out of its skin . A bit labour intensive but good exercise lol .

then you place them on a tray at 175deg C in the oven for 10 minutes till they dry out ,careful not to burn them .

Then use them as you want by grinding quantities in an electric coffee grinder and voila you've got almond flour . Keep the rest to use at a later date when you want more .

Rob

How much is 100 g of flour. and 25 g of butter, im not a big baker ah...

I want to make this though, I assume this is a single serving.

I've just come across this recipe...how big is this wonder cake? I'm certainly looking forward to making it in any case!

Hello,

I did the conversion a while ago. Great Recipe. I have made it in the microwave and in the oven as muffins using mini muffin tins. I also tried it as oven baked mini muffins with finely ground pecans - very nice, almost maple tasting and sweeter than with almond flour. Here is my conversion. I think the debate about the actual number of carbs goes on. The tough one to call is the almond flour - I think it varies depending on how finely ground. I think it is is about 7.5 carbs for one cup of "home ground" almonds.

I make it in one of those 6" x 6" x 2" Glad microwave-able containers

4 TBS melted butter
2 egg (1.2 carbs)
Add
1/2 tsp Vanilla
2 TBS Splenda (3carbs)

In a separate cup/bowl mix
2/3 cup almond flour (5.5 carbs)
1/2 tsp baking powder.

Add flour mix to the egg mix and stir together. Microwave for about 2 minutes. About 11 carbs for the whole thing.

Real oven baked version: These are awesome!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Divide batter into 12 mini muffin tins or 6 regular size. Bake for 12- 18 minutes – they get a little golden and spring back if you press lightly on the top when they are done. Try adding a few blueberries. Enjoy and thanks again Rob.

Rosemary

Hi,

THis recipe sounds good and easy, I llike the easy part the best! Can't cook. I can't find almond flour. I finally found Atkins bake mix though, could I use that?

Please let me know, and if so, what would the U.S measurements be?
Thanks,
jacki

Hi Jacki,

Almond flour is just finely ground almonds. You can do it yourself in a food processor or clean coffee grinder.
Rosemary

would a small (plug in type) food grinder work also or does that have not strong enough blades?

I just had this for breakfast and it was terrific! I used pecans that I had in the cabinet, just ran them threw my small chopper. It had lots of texture, like a banana nut type muffin and was delicious! I put some cream cheese on top.

Hi,

I can't find almond flour, but i have atkins bake mix would that work? and what would the measurements be?
jacki

I just used ground almonds haven't ever seen the almond flour.
BUT I will say these are trully AWESOME
I baked them in the oven, made 9 small cupcakes. I will try different flavorings this time I used Vanilla. I brought one to a friend at work and she thought they were good too.
My daughter mentioned they would make a good bottom for a shortcake which I will try as well. This is my first "cake" on this WOE. It gets easier as you experiment with new recipes.