Baking cakes using less sugar -how do I go about it?

S-Iam

Alisha2008 wrote: »

S-Iam would you share your chocolate cake recipe? Thanks

Fantastic chocolate cake recipe

This recipe is taken from an American blog, so the measurements are in cups. For ages I was converting everything, but in the end I found it easier to buy some cheap measurement cups.

Whilst these cakes, in my opinion, are great, the recipe isn't exactly a cheap one. So I really do save these for treats. (They freeze great too)

Ingredients
1 cup butter melted
1 cup Grade B Maple Syrup
1 Tbsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Sea Salt
1/4 cup Cocoa, unsweetened
10 Eggs
3/4 cup Coconut Flour, sifted

Topping - a bar of Lindt plain chocolate either chocolate orange or salted caramel

Method

Preheat oven to 175 C (non fan)

In a small bowl, combine sifted coconut flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.
In a large bowl mix together blend eggs, vanilla, maple syrup, and melted butter
Add dry ingredients to wet and blend.
Pour batter into muffin papercases. Makes 16 muffin sized cakes.
Bake for about 25 minutes.
Test center with a tooth pick—if the tooth pick comes out clean, then the cakes are done.
Remove cakes from oven and cool.

The recipe cooks these a large cake but I prefer little cakes, so I've adapted my recipe accordingly.

I also adapted the topping. Once cool I melt some Lindt plain salted caramel chocolate or Lindt plain chocolate orange chocolate and drizzle it on top.

Adapted from
http://www.primalpalate.com/recipe/dark-chocolate-cake/

Enjoy

kindlefirebabe

As mentioned before, you can quite easily reduce the amount of sugar in your normal cake mix. I reduce sugar in cake recipes by 50% and they still rise nicely and taste just as good.

marmiterulesok

kindlefirebabe wrote: »

As mentioned before, you can quite easily reduce the amount of sugar in your normal cake mix. I reduce sugar in cake recipes by 50% and they still rise nicely and taste just as good.

That's very good to know.

marmiterulesok

I did make a cake the other day and used half the amount of sugar.It tasted fine.It was an eggless fruit cake.

WantToBeSE

If you use the Stevia, be careful as you need a LOT less as its very sweet.

I am currently reducing my sugar intake. To start with, i just cut the sugar amounts in half, and noticed almost no difference in taste.

Now i try eat much less sweet things in general. The benefit of this (apart from the health benefits) is that whenever you do have sweet stuff, it tastes very sweet and you only need smaller amounts.