Coconut Flour

[Amethyst579]

Does anyone have a reliable and tasty recipe that they have used coconut flour in and would share here? I would like to try making a plain and also a chocolate cake with coconut flour. I have looked online, most recipes seem to include ground almonds and are also very heavy on eggs. I don't have a problem with using 6 eggs in a cake, just wondering if it ends up as some kind of glorified pancake?

 

[Bows]

hello i will let you know. i am just looking at those recipies this week

 

[chalup]

The reason most recipes include ground almonds is that coconut flour is so dry that it is hard to get a decent consistency using it by itself.

 

[Robbity]

I agree with @chalup's comment regarding coconut flour! I've never had much luck at all with it so I generally use ground almonds (cheaper than almond flour but a bit coarser) in my baking and I also use (DIY) ground hazelnuts with Green & Blacks cocoa powder to make my chocolate muffins. But I've recently discovered that Amazon sell ground hazelnuts though it's more expensive than grinding the nuts yourself.

Robbity

PS I think we may sometimes need extra eggs to make up for the lack of gluten in nut flours??

 

[Resurgam]

Before baking powder was available, eggs were used to raise cakes, by beating them to a stiff foam and then carefully folding in the other ingredients - don't slam the oven door shut....

 

[Tabbyjoolz]

Stumbled across a recipe for Lemon Pound Cake last night which calls for eight, yes, eight eggs and loads of lovely cream to hydrate all that coconut flour. I'm willing to give it a go in the name of research...

 

[Speedbird]

Stumbled across a recipe for Lemon Pound Cake last night which calls for eight, yes, eight eggs and loads of lovely cream to hydrate all that coconut flour. I'm willing to give it a go in the name of research...

Oh sound lovely! Keep us posted x

 

[Brunneria]

I agree with the comments about coconut flour being drying. I also find it chewy! Not my favourite LC flour.

One thing it does work well in is LCD carrot cake. If you google low carb cake (insert whichever cake name you like) a whole range of recipe variations crop up.

Low carb cakes always seem to be denser and heavier. They will never be light airy Victoria sponges. I don't mind that. The sheer joy of being able to eat a totally guilt-fee CAKE makes the texture irrelevant

 

[Speedbird]

I agree with the comments about coconut flour being drying. I also find it chewy! Not my favourite LC flour.

One thing it does work well in is LCD carrot cake. If you google low carb cake (insert whichever cake name you like) a whole range of recipe variations crop up.

Low carb cakes always seem to be denser and heavier. They will never be light airy Victoria sponges. I don't mind that. The sheer joy of being able to eat a totally guilt-fee CAKE makes the texture irrelevant

So true! I have made almond shortbread biscuits, almost biscotti and almond muffins. They are all dense and bit like depth chargers and never look light and fluffy as in the pictures. But they are the nearest thing to my comfort eating so will keep trying and experimenting. Any good bakers out there with some tips? X

 

[Brunneria]

So true! I have made almond shortbread biscuits, almost biscotti and almond muffins. They are all dense and bit like depth chargers and never look light and fluffy as in the pictures. But they are the nearest thing to my comfort eating so will keep trying and experimenting. Any good bakers out there with some tips? X

@ewelina has some awesome recipes on her blog.
I think the link is probably in her sig.

 

[Speedbird]

@ewelina has some awesome recipes on her blog.
I think the link is probably in her sig.

Thanks. Found ewelina on diabetic good baking. X

 

[ewelina]

Ive tried cocnut flour many times and it has always been a failure. Prefer ground almond. Its true the cakes are much densier and heavier but I do like it. If you beat egg whites the cake will be fluffy. You just need to fold it in gently. There is a very nice lemon cake on my blog of you want to try something safe and tested

 

[Kat100]

I just can't abide the taste of coconut flour .. it just doesn't taste nice .. to me

 

[Speedbird]

Ive tried cocnut flour many times and it has always been a failure. Prefer ground almond. Its true the cakes are much densier and heavier but I do like it. If you beat egg whites the cake will be fluffy. You just need to fold it in gently. There is a very nice lemon cake on my blog of you want to try something safe and tested

That's brilliant. Thank you ewelina. X

 

[Amethyst579]

Thank you everyone, I will try ewelina's lemon cake, I might put in the coconut flour instead of the soy flour - or will that not be a good idea.

 

[chalup]

Coconut flour absorbs much much more liquid than just about anything else. That is why it is so hard to get things right when you bake with it. It is almost impossible to do a straight substitution without adding more liquid.