Muffin/cake process

[Rabdos]

Hello!

Can you tell me a quick process to have low carb muffin/cake?

Is there a ready mix that I just need to put it in a tray and bake it or microwave it and then I can have a cake for the whole week?

Thanks!

 

[Guzzler]

You could try putting 'keto mug cake' into a search on youtube, I've seen them on there but never tried. Good luck.

 

[AloeSvea]

I look forward to the day when genuinely low-carb baked fare can be got at a supermarket, specialised bakeries, available in many cafes, and in your case too - provided in an instant mix form to whip up at home.

Readily available - everywhere, just about. Virtually too.

Looking out for it! (Including in here in threads like this one.... )

In the meantime, I must bake my own. The good thing being I'm in complete control of the quality of the ingredients. Bonus, extra heating in colder weather, and the smell - delicious. Worst thing - all the dishes generated. And the time it takes.

 

[Rabdos]

Yeah but I don't think that will ever happen.

I was thinking to buy a tray and line it up with some form of paper.
Then put the ingredients in that tray and stir them and then bake it.
That way, you will generate no dishes (apart from the spoon).
Is that possible?

Also, I need the ingredients to be able to mix without having to use a mixer or anything else, apart from a spoon to stir/mix them.

Last, I wonder how to give a flavour to the cake, like cinnamon or blueberry.

Any idea?

 

[LooperCat]

Try this mug cake, I make it regularly

https://www.rachelcooks.com/2013/03/01/meyer-lemon-mug-cake-low-carb-gluten-free-guest-post/

 

[Mongolia]

These cheesecake chocolate brownies can be made using just a hand whisk. Does generate more washing up than just 1 bowl but the end result is well worth it! https://www.gnom-gnom.com/gluten-free-keto-cheesecake-brownies/

 

[Mr_Pot]

Yeah but I don't think that will ever happen.

I was thinking to buy a tray and line it up with some form of paper.
Then put the ingredients in that tray and stir them and then bake it.
That way, you will generate no dishes (apart from the spoon).
Is that possible?

Also, I need the ingredients to be able to mix without having to use a mixer or anything else, apart from a spoon to stir/mix them.

Last, I wonder how to give a flavour to the cake, like cinnamon or blueberry.

Any idea?

You regularly post questions suggesting some unusual method of food preparation mostly to avoid washing up. Why not accept that 5 minutes washing up is time well spent and try conventional cooking.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Why not accept that 5 minutes washing up is time well spent and try conventional cooking.

This is the easiest in long run, no need to be slothful...

 

[vanillapie]

These cheesecake chocolate brownies can be made using just a hand whisk. Does generate more washing up than just 1 bowl but the end result is well worth it! https://www.gnom-gnom.com/gluten-free-keto-cheesecake-brownies/

These look amazing, thanks for sharing!

 

[AloeSvea]

Yeah but I don't think that will ever happen.

I was thinking to buy a tray and line it up with some form of paper.
Then put the ingredients in that tray and stir them and then bake it.
That way, you will generate no dishes (apart from the spoon).
Is that possible?

Also, I need the ingredients to be able to mix without having to use a mixer or anything else, apart from a spoon to stir/mix them.

Last, I wonder how to give a flavour to the cake, like cinnamon or blueberry.

Any idea?

Totally agree with you about how wonderful it would be to bake in such a low-effort way! I did have a good giggle imagining the end product!

But then again, I think I like the 'science experiment' aspect of baking, and yeah, the whole 'zen' thing about it. . Actually, heck, I just love to bake actually! (And eat what I baked..)

I hope you are not right about genuinely low-carb baked goods being available in stores as unlikely. My own country officially estimates the amount of prediabetic folk at 1/3rd of the population. In the USA I just saw some youtube lecture where the speaker estimated it at 50% including all people with some level of pre/diabetes. That's a lot of folk who would love to get low-carb fare at the store! At least theoretically.

I know one of the problems I have with spreading the low-carb word to friends and family members with metabolic syndrome and/or pre/diabetes is how hard it is practically to switch to such a different way of feeding yourself. And the biggest wall is that posed by giving up bread and cookies and cake. Well - without having to bake! Lately for instance, a newly diagnosed prediabetic friend asked me to her birthday supper, and when I saw her tiny not well planned kitchen - it made me understand why she bought a whole bunch of normal cake and cupcakes. (her poor pancreas! Her poor cells!)

For me to go lower carb I had to completely learn to cook again (and shop and etc etc). To go low carb and keto with baked goods I should hasten to add, (and homemade tonic drinks, and homemade keto ice cream) I had to buy a house with a big kitchen I could put a table in, and two fridges. I would not be telling the truth if I did not say that changing my way of eating did not basically transform my life! I hated it at first, but now I like it. (I enjoy the big country kitchen, for instance.) But this is not a casual 'go low carb' thing then is it? When folks have to transform their lives in order to do it, if you can't buy low-carb easily at your local shops and supermarkets.

 

[bulkbiker]

You regularly post questions suggesting some unusual method of food preparation mostly to avoid washing up. Why not accept that 5 minutes washing up is time well spent and try conventional cooking.

And another thing I have noticed its that @carbolysis seems incapable of saying "thank you" to the people who try to help.

 

[AloeSvea]

Hmmm - a cultural thing? Family differences? Personality differences? The whole thanks and expecting to be thanked thing.

As a pre/diabetic on low-carb who talks about it more than my friends and family are interested in, I feel incredibly grateful that I get invited to people's places for get togethers, parties and dinners and so on, and not slung into the (metaphorical) local village stocks! Hung from beams. Or thrown in a bag and into the river - that kind of thing. Because I am pretty sure for many carb addicted folks (my pov admittedly) they really don't want to know. Sadly. No "thank you"s around me in my 'real' life, so I don't expect it online , even amongst fellow low carbers...

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Hmmm - a cultural thing? Family differences? Personality differences? The whole thanks and expecting to be thanked thing.

Having had to write "Manners maketh man" probably hundreds of times when I went to school, it has stuck with me all through my life time.

That's the"selfie gen" for you nowadays, they think they are entitled not to be courteous...

 

[AloeSvea]

But @Tipetoo - aren't you Australian? ()

 

[Deleted member 308541]

But @Tipetoo - aren't you Australian? ()

I went to school in the UK when I was kid, I also got a reasonable education while I was there.

I became a naturalised Australian in 1972 after I lived in Australia for two years, our two kids grew with decent manners it's not hard to do.