A couple of recipes I'd like to try

Nimeth

I seem to have exhausted my Google skills trying to find a pair of cake recipes that I've been wanting to try for ages, especially with my and OH's wedding anniversary coming up soon. I'd prefer to make him something a little more special rather than just buying a ready made cake. The reason I haven't done so yet is that OH is lactose intolerant and all the recipes I've found are kind of heavy on the dairy.

First one I'm after is a baked new york cheesecake. This is one of my favourite puds, I used to eat it loads when I lived in America, but haven't been able to have it since I moved to the UK 8 years ago. OH has never tried it and I would love to make one for him that won't make him ill.

Second one is red velvet cake. I've never tried it, nor has OH. I like trying new things and red velvet cake sounds really lovely.

Can anyone point me to some good dairy free recipes for these or does anyone have any good tips about substituting soya for the dairy items?

Thanks.:)

squeaky

Hmmm... quite a challenge.

There are some links in an older thread (two posts one after the other) that may be of some help:-

[post=11502789]Take a look here[/post]

Nimeth

Thanks for the link, have subscribed to it so I can give it a good read through when I have some more time on my hands.:)

It's probably not easy to find recipes like that, lol. Even just some tips on substituting would be good as I'm hopeless with that sort of stuff.:o

tigerfeet2006

Is DH lactose intolerant or intollerant to the proteins?

valentina

http://www.maplespice.com/2009/09/vegan-red-velvet-cake.html

Any good? (Not tried it myself btw)

Nimeth

I'm not sure if it's the lactose or the proteins he's intolerant to. He says lactose. He can eat small amounts of certain yogurts, bio and greek yogurts mostly, but milk and cream make him feel awful in any amount.

Valentina, thanks for the link, that looks like just what I need!:)

purplerose

Dunno if they have those recipes specifically but the VegWeb recipe website may be of use, it's for vegan recipes so you'll be guaranteed to have no milk in them. Here's links to the Cheese Cake Recipes and Cake Recipes. It's a good site as you can read the reviews and see how other people have made their own variations. Lots of folk post their own pics of their attempts on it too.

Edited to add link to Red Velvet Cake recipe.

tigerfeet2006

If it is the lactose he is intollerant to then try the Lactofree products. When we were trying to see if DC3 was lactose intollerant he loved those. http://www.lactofree.co.uk/?gclid=CI3sy5-pnqgCFYFB4QodmlJ5GQ

if you are baking then the cheap stores own 2kg tubs of marg are generally lactose free.

Nimeth

Thanks! I'll check out the tubs of marg next time I do a shop and my Te$co's sells the lactofree stuff (I wish my local Morrison$ did!).

Looks like I have plenty of recipes to try my hand at now, even a key lime cheesecake.:cool:

Doom_and_Gloom

Be careful about the supposed lactofree products as if the person consuming it has a sever problem with lactose they can still react to it as it still contains a small amount of lactose that the enzymes in the product they sell doesn't get 'rid' of. My partner works for a supermarket and has had people come through his till that don't know this. The person they are buying it for can't have any amount so it can't be consumed by them. Really I don't think they should be able to advertise it as lactofree as those that have sever problems don't realise - even though they state as such on their advert - and so they get problems and don't know why.

"We make every effort possible to ensure that Lactofree dairy drink contains no lactose. We carry out rigorous scientific testing using the most accurate UKAS-accredited tests available which enable us to detect lactose at the trace level of 0.03%. At this detection level our tests show that there is no lactose present in Lactofree."

They should have to rename it lacto-low! If they can't 100% say it is lactofree then they shouldn't be able to call it that. Some people can react to small amounts that can't be detected.

tigerfeet2006

Thanks for the heads up on that D&G. As it turned out DC was GI and not LI we didn't have that problem but I have to admit I didn't realise they weren't completely lactose free. Will try and remember in future.