Dairy (lactose) Free diet

benchyboo

Thanks for all of your replies!
My friend is dairy free not vegan and can eat eggs.
I will look at the recipes suggested, thanks again to everyone!

Vaila

benchyboo wrote: »

Thanks for all of your replies!
My friend is dairy free not vegan and can eat eggs.
I will look at the recipes suggested, thanks again to everyone!

thanks for clearing that up
seeing as they are not vegan and will eat eggs that makes life so much easier for you

you can pick of value soya milk at supermarkets , id go for long life value soya milk when baking , not only is it cheaper but will last longer

there are a wide variety of dairy free fats on the market and most supermarkets will stock their own brand dairy free butter, seeing as its for baking you dont have to worry too much about the taste but id definetly say the "pure" brands are the best not only in flavour but they offer different varieties ie soya, sunflower and organic


ps you could also get some vegan custard or ice cream to have with your cake

Penelope_Penguin

benchyboo wrote: »

Thanks for all of your replies!
My friend is dairy free not vegan and can eat eggs.

In that case, there will be lots more ideas for you in this thread I'll merge this later.

Penelope_Penguin

Loulou2010 wrote: »

as title says really but my needs to be lactose free as my ds lactose intolerance. in sandwiches and toast etc we use Pure. is that ok for baking cakes too?

There will be lots more ideas for you in this thread I'll merge this later.

Cat72

I love the Mary berry chocolate cake as its really easy to make, just make the ganache with soya cream or substitute with vegan ganache or just icing.
Again I substitute Stork packet for butter/ marg or also Pure spread .
Also soya milk instead of milk.
If you look at a lot of reciepes you have and just change these aspects you can easliy make them.
Have a look at some Dr oetakers products which are dairy free.

There is a great muffin reciepe on here , which is quick , if you again substitiute soya milk. Managed to find someones post on it here .You substitute 25mg of coco powder for the flour for cholocate muffins and add aome plain cholocate chips.
Or sometimes I just stir some jam threw the mix for jam muffins- adding a blob at the top before I cook them.
Most plain chocolate about 75% is dairy free ( except blacks).
Aldi & Lidl great for dairy free chooclate and especally sweets at christmass time.

Loulou2010

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

In that case, there will be lots more ideas for you in this thread I'll merge this later.

thanks for that will come in handy

Boodle

I have recently discovered Tesco value spread is free from dairy. Unfortunately, most spreads do contain dairy though so be careful when choosing.

If your friend eats eggs then you could make any cake by replacing butter with the dairy-free spread. Just be careful if adding melted chocolate and such (go for dark choc but still check the packet as some, such as the Co-ops, contain dairy.)

Hope you have a lovely time

moonpixiewitch

wheat, dairy and egg free chocolate cake recipe
great for when you want cake and have no eggs or butter

all measurements are done using a small mug and spoons - so great for baking with kids

in a large bowl measure out the following and mix well until evenly combined :
3 cups rice flour (or any wheat free flour)
2 cups caster sugar
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
6 tablespoons of cocoa powder
pinch of sea salt

in a large jug measure out the following :
2.5 cups water
1 cup oil (i use rapeseed , but veg oils or sunflower work fine)
2 teaspoons vinegar (i use rice vinegar but any type except malt will work)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

oil and line 2 x 8" sandwich tins or set out cupcake cases or silicone moulds.

mix the wet ingredients into the dry with a wooden spoon until there are no powdery lumps , pour straight into your prepared tins .
put straight into preheated oven at 170c or 150c if its a fan oven .
test with a scewer or cocktail stick after 20 mins , once it comes out clean , remove cakes from oven and cool in the tins for at least 5 mins before turning out on to cooling rack.

lovely with dairy free cream , dairy free custard , or filled with dairy free fudge icing or buttercream .

you can add 1 cup choc chips (dairy free available from plamil foods ) if you like but it does take a bit longer to cook.

I use this recipe for my egg free and vegan cakes and have made a 4 tier wedding cake using this recipe . :beer:
if you want to use wheat flour then omit the xanthan gum and only use 2 cups water .

enjoy

Boodle

moonpixiewitch wrote: »

you can add 1 cup choc chips (dairy free available from plamil foods ) if you like but it does take a bit longer to cook.

I just thought it was worth mentioning you can get dairy free "milk" and white choc buttons in the supermarkets' "free from" sections - Asda, Tesco and Sainburys near me all do them. I realise that, MoonPixieWitch, you probably need them in larger amounts for your baking, but just in case someone else fancied adding some

moonpixiewitch

Boodle wrote: »

I just thought it was worth mentioning you can get dairy free "milk" and white choc buttons in the supermarkets' "free from" sections - Asda, Tesco and Sainburys near me all do them. I realise that, MoonPixieWitch, you probably need them in larger amounts for your baking, but just in case someone else fancied adding some

plamil foods chocolate is available in health food shops and most sainsburys and waitrose stores now too , but i havent seen the baking choc chips anywhere yet .
I buy 6 kg at a time direct from Plamil , however I am pretty sure they sell 1 kg bags of plain , milk and white dairy free drops in their webshops . I find the dairy free white chocolate ones are not so good in baking as they have a tendency to dissapear upon cooking . but they are very yummy just [STRIKE]eaten by the handful[/STRIKE] sprinkled on the top of the iced cake