Comments on: Double-Chocolate Clementine Cake (Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Dairy-Free) http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/ Living gluten free easily by eating real food and a few gf processed foods Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:31:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shirley http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-25842 Shirley Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:43:54 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-25842 Hi Kristen--Welcome to <strong>gfe</strong>! :-) You can certainly try making this cake with gluten-free all-purpose flour. If so, I'd love to hear how it turns out. It may work just fine. If you use xanthan gum, you might add about a tsp of that as some insurance on the binding factor. Or you could try one of my other chocolate cakes on my blog; e.g., <a href="http://glutenfreeeasily.com/mediterranean-chocolate-cake/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Mediterranean Chocolate Cake</strong></a>, that better fits your family's specific needs. For a really decadent cake, you could make <a href="http://glutenfreeeasily.com/flourless-chocolate-cake/" rel="nofollow"><strong>my flourless chocolate cake</strong></a> using dairy-free chocolate and dairy-free butter. Hope one of these options works out for you and your family, Kristen! Please report back. ;-) Shirley Hi Kristen–Welcome to gfe! :-) You can certainly try making this cake with gluten-free all-purpose flour. If so, I’d love to hear how it turns out. It may work just fine. If you use xanthan gum, you might add about a tsp of that as some insurance on the binding factor. Or you could try one of my other chocolate cakes on my blog; e.g., Mediterranean Chocolate Cake, that better fits your family’s specific needs. For a really decadent cake, you could make my flourless chocolate cake using dairy-free chocolate and dairy-free butter.

Hope one of these options works out for you and your family, Kristen! Please report back. ;-)
Shirley

]]> By: Kristen http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-25835 Kristen Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:46:10 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-25835 Can I use another gluten-free flour as a substitute? We need a gluten-free, dairy-free, tree nut-free dessert to meet all of our family's allergy needs. Can I use another gluten-free flour as a substitute? We need a gluten-free, dairy-free, tree nut-free dessert to meet all of our family’s allergy needs.

]]> By: Double Chocolate Clementine Vita-Mix Cake and Cupcake Recipe — Gluten Free-Dairy Free Recipes | The W.H.O.L.E. Gang http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-7067 Double Chocolate Clementine Vita-Mix Cake and Cupcake Recipe — Gluten Free-Dairy Free Recipes | The W.H.O.L.E. Gang Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:24:03 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-7067 [...] free easily for helping to make this happen.  Back in December last year she shared her recipe for Double-Chocolate Clementine Cake on her blog and also through Friday Foodie Fix when the Secret Ingredient was Clementine.  As soon [...] [...] free easily for helping to make this happen.  Back in December last year she shared her recipe for Double-Chocolate Clementine Cake on her blog and also through Friday Foodie Fix when the Secret Ingredient was Clementine.  As soon [...]

]]> By: Shirley http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6806 Shirley Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:32:43 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-6806 Diane--You're amazing! That's an absolutely brilliant idea. :-) I know what you mean about the batter tasting bitter, but the resulting cake being amazing. It gets better after a day or two, too. That glaze is the bomb, isn't it? LOL on the speed of making and eating. Sometimes technology can be a bad thing LOL ... just depends on how you look at it! ;-) Thanks so much for coming back and sharing your success! I think I'll update the post to include your "field modification." :-) Shirley Diane–You’re amazing! That’s an absolutely brilliant idea. :-) I know what you mean about the batter tasting bitter, but the resulting cake being amazing. It gets better after a day or two, too. That glaze is the bomb, isn’t it? LOL on the speed of making and eating. Sometimes technology can be a bad thing LOL … just depends on how you look at it! ;-)

Thanks so much for coming back and sharing your success! I think I’ll update the post to include your “field modification.” :-)

Shirley

]]> By: Monthly Menu Plan- April 2010 — Gluten Free-Dairy Free Recipes | The W.H.O.L.E. Gang http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6785 Monthly Menu Plan- April 2010 — Gluten Free-Dairy Free Recipes | The W.H.O.L.E. Gang Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:04:14 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-6785 [...] college son.  He’s really been wanting me to bake Shirley’s (gluten free easily blog) Double-Chocolate Clementine Cake ever since she shared it on Friday Foodie Fix- Clementine.  I’m also making the most [...] [...] college son.  He’s really been wanting me to bake Shirley’s (gluten free easily blog) Double-Chocolate Clementine Cake ever since she shared it on Friday Foodie Fix- Clementine.  I’m also making the most [...]

]]> By: Diane-The W.H.O.L.E. Gang http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6781 Diane-The W.H.O.L.E. Gang Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:34:13 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-6781 OK you're in for a treat. I used my Vitamix Pro 500 to make the Clementine ingredient a 5 min task instead of 2 hours. It has a setting for soup that blends and cooks the ingredients into a creamy smooth clementine mix. I added 1/4 cup of orange juice just to make sure there was enough liquid to get it going. I thought it looked so amazing I tasted it. It was very very tart and bitter but when baked in the cake, amazing. I even made the glaze in the Vitamix and poured the warm chocolate over the cake. My springform pan was a little smaller than called for so I had extra and I made cup cakes. I'm just so impressed with the amazing texture of this recipe. So the only problem I see now is I can make this cake so fast I can eat it even faster. OK you’re in for a treat. I used my Vitamix Pro 500 to make the Clementine ingredient a 5 min task instead of 2 hours. It has a setting for soup that blends and cooks the ingredients into a creamy smooth clementine mix. I added 1/4 cup of orange juice just to make sure there was enough liquid to get it going. I thought it looked so amazing I tasted it. It was very very tart and bitter but when baked in the cake, amazing. I even made the glaze in the Vitamix and poured the warm chocolate over the cake.

My springform pan was a little smaller than called for so I had extra and I made cup cakes. I’m just so impressed with the amazing texture of this recipe.

So the only problem I see now is I can make this cake so fast I can eat it even faster.

]]> By: Shirley http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6727 Shirley Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:25:27 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-6727 P.S. Welcome to <strong>gfe</strong>! :-) Shirley P.S. Welcome to gfe! :-)

Shirley

]]> By: Shirley http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6726 Shirley Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:23:01 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-6726 Hi Cara--If I'm understanding you correctly, you made Nigella's original recipe (or a close facsimile). I would expect that it would be a bit bitter without the chocolate to balance it. The sweet factor goes up quite a bit with the chocolate in the cake itself and as topping. A friend had made the original version and didn't rave over it. She said it was better the next day, which told me it wasn't too great the first day and not really wonderful even then. Still some people raved, so I had to make it, but also had to add in the chocolate as a little insurance. ;-) Shirley Hi Cara–If I’m understanding you correctly, you made Nigella’s original recipe (or a close facsimile). I would expect that it would be a bit bitter without the chocolate to balance it. The sweet factor goes up quite a bit with the chocolate in the cake itself and as topping. A friend had made the original version and didn’t rave over it. She said it was better the next day, which told me it wasn’t too great the first day and not really wonderful even then. Still some people raved, so I had to make it, but also had to add in the chocolate as a little insurance. ;-)

Shirley

]]> By: Cara http://glutenfreeeasily.com/chocolate-clementine-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6706 Cara Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:20:03 +0000 http://glutenfreeeasily.com/?p=3337#comment-6706 So I recently made this because, like you, I was intrigued for quite some time! Unfortunately, I wasn't so crazy about it (and trust me, it's rare for me to find a dessert I don't like!) I found it rather bitter actually. I did cut the recipe in half, and I used 2 large tangerines so maybe the proportions were off. But really, I'm guessing my problem was not adding chocolate - chocolate makes everything better! So I recently made this because, like you, I was intrigued for quite some time! Unfortunately, I wasn’t so crazy about it (and trust me, it’s rare for me to find a dessert I don’t like!) I found it rather bitter actually. I did cut the recipe in half, and I used 2 large tangerines so maybe the proportions were off. But really, I’m guessing my problem was not adding chocolate – chocolate makes everything better!

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