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Title: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: courton on July 20, 2012, 05:28:29 am

I have made the pear and walnut cake from this forum ( yummy) and very low calorie but I am looking for other yummy (but relatively low calorie ) biscuits and cakes. What are your favourites?

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: obbie on July 20, 2012, 05:46:27 am

apple tea cake..    maybe
what about a basic recipe, and reduce sugar, and use a fruit puree sometimes

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: droverjess on July 20, 2012, 05:46:51 am

Good thread choice. I will watch replies with interest.

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: courton on July 20, 2012, 06:31:47 am

I love the pear and walnut cake since it used only 2 tab of butter and 1/3 cup sugar but was TASTY...did not taste low fat!

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: cookie1 on July 20, 2012, 06:49:29 am

I try to make a lot of biscuits that have dried fruit and rolled oats in. The mob get a bit sick of them sometimes though.

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: Amy :-) on July 20, 2012, 08:01:40 am

I usually just pick out any recipe I want and then adjust it as I go along to make it healthier. Butter and sugar are the two most obvious components to find substitutes for (or just reduce), but I also find substitutes for coconut since it is high in saturated fat, and replace some of the chocolate in chocolate recipes for nuts or dried fruit.
In terms of fours, you can use half wholemeal, or you could try some other ground grains with added raising agents (I'm still experimenting with this).

Have you seen my chocolate muffin recipe Courton? http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=10457.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=10457.0)

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: ~[fruity]~ on July 20, 2012, 08:24:12 am

I make a 5 cup loaf (sadly not TMX) that you can easily halve the sugar (I usually double the recipe and make 2 loaves)

1 cup SR flour
1 cup liquid (low fat milk / apricot nectar / coconut milk etc etc)
1 cup dried fruit (I usually use fruit medlay)
1 cup oat bran
1 cup raw sugar

Mix all together, pour into paper lined tin, bake 1 hour at 180. Yum~!~

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: ElleG on July 20, 2012, 09:36:43 am

Courton, have you tried any of the recipes from Qouirky Jo, Teresa Cutter, Sarah Wilson, Cyndi O'Meara  or My New Roots? Google any of them - plenty of healthy blog sites.

There is much debate about what constitutes healthy eating. I personally eat good fats, including coconut, minimal or no added sugars, gluten free, full cream milks and as low additives, preservatives as possible. Also minimal white foods. Add nuts to everything., and my new favourite is raw cocoa powder.  I do have a packet of stevia - have used once.

I substitute pears, apples , bananas (not always made into a sauce) for sugars, or I may add some dates or a small amount of honey.
I may grind dried chick peas, brown rice or oats (or a combination) instead of flour.  Also I sometimes  add a can of drained legumes instead of flour. Sometimes add chia gel (1 tabs chia with 3 tabs water, soaked until gel consistency) to the mix to bind together or use instead of eggs.

As I freeze any leftovers immediately, I have no problems with cakes or biscuits becoming stale.

Goo luck with the cooking and have fun  ;D

Title: Re: What are your favourite "healthy" or relatively low calorie cakes and biscuits?
Post by: courton on July 20, 2012, 09:44:01 am

Thank you cookie, Amy, fruity and Elle...lots of great ideas!