carrot and date loaf

[Guest guest]

hi everyone, only a few days in and i can already tell this is a great

group! loads of fun and yummy recipes.

 

here is my best ever creation, a date and carrot cake/loaf. i love it,

'cause i can make it to suit anybody and everybody, and it's ridiculously

easy!!

 

jo, in springtime melbourne, australia where it's just warming up - tempted

to ask you all for your favourite spring time recipes/activities! if you can

all remember it!!

 

jo's carrot and date loaf

1 cup grated carrot

1 cup self-raising flour (i use mix of white and wholemeal, or sometimes

gluten-free for friends)

1 cup milk - can be ANY kind

1 cup chopped dates - possibly the best snack on the planet

1 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup brown sugar - or honey, different but equally yummy result.

 

mix all and bake in greased loaf pan for about 1hr in a 180c oven.

(sometimes, depending on what i have on hand, i substitute the carrot and

dates for bananas and dried apricots, i reckon heaps of other subs could

work as well!!)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

--- Jo,

I am asking about the gluten free flour. My sister is

using it for a fellow office mate when she bakes

goodies for the office, he gets his own dessert with

no flour. She has tried using the Gfree but it has not

gone well.

Can I ask about hints you have used and clues to help

her?

anyone else also.. please. She is the office baker

and wants to do well.

thanks every so much,

good luck and good eats.

Cin

 

 

> hi everyone, only a few days in and i can already

> tell this is a great

> group! loads of fun and yummy recipes.

>

> here is my best ever creation, a date and carrot

> cake/loaf. i love it,

> 'cause i can make it to suit anybody and everybody,

> and it's ridiculously

> easy!!

>

> jo, in springtime melbourne, australia where it's

> just warming up - tempted

> to ask you all for your favourite spring time

> recipes/activities! if you can

> all remember it!!

>

> jo's carrot and date loaf

> 1 cup grated carrot

> 1 cup self-raising flour (i use mix of white and

> wholemeal, or sometimes

> gluten-free for friends)

> 1 cup milk - can be ANY kind

> 1 cup chopped dates - possibly the best snack on the

> planet

> 1 cup shredded coconut

> 1/2 cup brown sugar - or honey, different but

> equally yummy result.

>

> mix all and bake in greased loaf pan for about 1hr

> in a 180c oven.

> (sometimes, depending on what i have on hand, i

> substitute the carrot and

> dates for bananas and dried apricots, i reckon heaps

> of other subs could

> work as well!!)

>

>

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> removed]

>

>

>

 

 

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[Guest guest]

hi cin,

 

yeah it's tricky working with gluten free flour. i have found some success

with adding a little extra (gluten free of course) baking powder, but by and

large you need to expect things to come out flatter and moister. that's one

of the things i love about this recipe, it's such a dense, moist thing

anyway, the gluten free problems aren't so problematic.

 

mostly if i'm cooking cakes or muffins etc for my sis-in-law (coeliac -

spelling?!) i avoid the gluten-free flour and go for almond meal or polenta

instead. i made a DELICIOUS portuguese lemon polenta cake a few weeks back,

i'll dig up the recipe and post it when i can.

 

thanks for the welcome isis - just gotta find some time to browse those

files!!

 

cheers,

jo