So, I've been playing with the recipes for my cake (and bread / pizza base) and think I've managed to nail it!
NICE AND SPICEY CHOC PUMPKIN NO-GUILT CAKE:
600g cauliflower
16 oz / 425g tin of pureed pumpkin
2 med / large eggs
200 g chocolate protein powder of choice
1 tsp baking powder
Spices such as cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice to taste.
1. Steam the cauliflower for 5-10 mins till soft enough to puree
2. Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees C and lightly grease 2 - 3 loaf tins with coconut oil
3. Puree the cauliflower till it's smooth
4. Stir in the canned pumpkin and 2 eggs (not the shells of course...)
5. Stir in the protein powder and spices
6. Add a tsp of baking powder and stir thoroughly
7. Divide into 3 loaf tins, you want it to be about 3-4 cm high ideally so it cooks evenly
8. Place in the oven and bake for between 40 and 60 mins, till browned on the top. This does depend on how thick you fill the tins, so you may need to experiment. Also you may prefer a drier cake or a more moist cake, so this is your call!
9. Remove from the oven (be careful, its hot!) and leave to call for a few mins, then turn out onto cooling racks to completely cool.
10. Divide each loaf up as you want to! 10 pieces in total means each piece has 125 cals, 19 g protein, 2.3 g fat, 8.2g carb of which 4g is fibre. Not a bad outcome for chocolate cake, hey?
NUTRITIONAL BREAKDOWN FOR WHOLE RECIPE (using Reflex Instant Whey):
1227 cals
23.4 g fat
81.6g carb of which 40.2 g is FIBRE!
191g protein
You can of course use this as a base and play with it as you like - add nuts, seeds, fruit or whatever!
Try it out and let me know how it goes!
Posts
10 comments:
By "tin of pumpkin" what size do you mean? How many ounces? Here in the US there are two sizes, 16 oz and 28 oz.
A small can, 16oz, 425 g!
Hard to get in the UK actually, forgot to mention I get mine from http://www.americansweets.co.uk/libbys-solid-pack-100-natural-pumpkin-use-for-nigellas-pumpkin-pancake-recipe-386-p.asp (avoiding the sweets of course!)
Sounds and looks good. I will definitely have to give this a try. I've made a crustless pumpkin pie before, but it would be great to have something more cake-like! Thanks for the recipe!
Hope you enjoy it!
Love that recipe and will try it this week! How do you use it as pizza base? Just eliminate the chocolate protein powder? Or add something else?
Thanks for posting this!
Pizza base recipe on its way, but essentially use unfavoured whey and ditch the pumpkin, adding herbs / spices etc as you like!
I don't use grams as a measurement for things when I am cooking. What is the equivalent in cups or oz's?
600 grams is 21.2oz and 200 grams is 7.05oz
You can find conversions online. I just googled "600 grams to oz".
Hi, i count carbs and protein blocks -can you tell me how much protein is contained in 100 g of your protein powder so i can adjust my protein count accordingly? thanks - i can't wait to try this !
Thanks Petra! Cups totally confuse me, oz I'm OK with, but grams are just so much easier!!
As for protein in the protein powder, there is 80g per 100g powder in the one I used.
Enjoy!!
Post a Comment