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Old Sat, Apr-05-03, 07:38
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Talking thought you died and went to cake heaven? you will when you make this

FORGET THE REST ,YA GOTTA TRY THIS

INSTANT CAKE : 10 g carbs for whole cake

100g ground almonds
25g melted butter
1 Tbl Artificial Sweetener
2 large eggs beaten
1/2 tsp baking powder
flavouring of your choice eg: lemon , vanilla ,almond, cocoa etc

mix all together , pour into container and blitz in the micro for 2 minutes till it is risen and the top feels dry.

when cool , top with frosting of your choice .

I made a lemon curd ;

1 egg beaten
1 Tbl freshly squeezed lemon juice with zest
1 tbl Sweetener ( with dash of stevia or cyclamate to enhance sweetness)
1 oz melted butter

combine all and blitz in micro intermittently stirring until it resembles custard . Allow to cool in fridge and to stifffen more .

Spead on the cake and devour
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Old Tue, Apr-08-03, 06:15
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In my 1 and 1/2 years of low carbing , this is about the best treat that I have made and it sure does fill my naughtiness void .

Topped with lemon curd it is just awsome !!!!!!!


I oohed and aahed for hours afterwards


for the LEMON CURD : I changed the recipe slightly . To get rid of the nasty white eggy bits , use only the yellow of the egg . I also used thick not thin to improve the consistency and tweaked the sweetness with liquid cyclamate . mmmmmmm is all I can say

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Old Mon, May-05-03, 16:19
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Hi Rob,

Hey, its not bad! I think it needs to be a little sweeter for cake though. I tried it with sugar free pudding mix made with heavy cream as frosting. My husband loved it!

I made my own almond flour - even sifted it is more like almond meal, so the cake had the texture of a corn muffin. So this is my new breakfast treat, I cut the recipe in half and make one sort of big flat muffin out of it. Basically in US measurements:

2 TBS melted butter
1 egg
1/4 Tsp extract (vanilla or almond or ??)
1 TBS Splenda
mix well then add:
1/3 cup almond flour + 1/4 tsp baking powder mixed together
mix well and microwave for 2 minutes -just like you said!
amazing! Thanks for the idea!
Rosemary
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Old Mon, May-05-03, 23:18
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wow!! this sounds great I'm making this in the morning!!
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Old Tue, May-06-03, 08:01
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This sounds so good.I am going to make it.The lemon curd sounds wonderful as well and I think it could be good on bread,muffins,cheese cake,with strawberries and whipped cream and crubled cookies,as a pie filling..yum!I love lemon curd
Thanks for sharing
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Old Tue, May-06-03, 13:06
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I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did . Especially the Lemon Curd , it blew me away .


But do try it using egg yellow only , and if you can ,leave it to chill before devouring . lololololol
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Old Wed, May-07-03, 06:35
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The person you see on your left has absolutely NO DNA chromosomes for cooking. So...a kindergarter question. What is lemon curd?
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Its almost like lemon pie filling but not as firm
Tart sweet and creamy
Used as a spread or topping
Thats the best I can do...I am sure someone else can describe it a bit better but I hope this helps
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Old Wed, May-07-03, 13:54
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lemon curd is the filling for lemon meringue pie
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Old Thu, May-08-03, 10:13
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Yummy :-) Thank you!!!
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Old Fri, May-09-03, 10:24
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Question Pecans instead of almonds?

Hi. I spotted your cake recipe, and it sounds delicious! I don't particularly react well to almonds , so I was thinking maybe I could use pecans instead. Do think it really matters what type of nut you use?

Rachel
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Old Fri, May-09-03, 14:07
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Hi Rachel ,


I think almonds are good because they are quite bland , afterall you dont want your cake to be tasting of brasil nuts or wallnuts for example . I think macadamia nuts would be quite good , but why dont you experiment if you dont like almonds ?


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Old Sun, May-25-03, 12:34
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i wouldnt use pecans


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Old Sun, May-25-03, 19:52
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Rob, the lemon curd sounds great! I make cake using an almond flour pound cake recipe I found either here or at lowcarbluxury.com and I will try the curd on it. Thanks for the recipe.

And as to the pecans, I have made this cake with pecan flour and it was delicious, as it was with a combination of macadamia and cashew flours.

Karla
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Old Mon, May-26-03, 12:37
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Carla ,
I tell ya trhe lemon curd will knock you out . Just remember to use egg yolk only .


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