Low Carb Devon Cream tea - passport to heaven!

[RCFletcher]

I've just had a low carb Devon cream tea for lunch - heaven.
Ingredients:
low carb instant bread,
butter,
Devonshire clotted cream (Safeways)
Diabetic strawberry jam.

The recipe below for the bread is lifted from 'Carblife uk' website - with many thanks:

100g Ground Almonds
25g melted butter
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
Mix wet ingredients, then add the dry. Pour into whatever container you like- (a lunch box makes it fit exactly into your lunch box afterwards)and nuke for 2 mins (you can tell if its ready by touching the top- it should be dry).

Spread your bread with butter,a thick layer of clottted cream and top off with strawberry jam. Drink tea while eating. Enjoy - I did! :)

[Ebbie.B]

:yum:YUM

Do you think the 'bread' would taste ok on it's own or with just butter?

[LittleAnne]

It should be OK Ebbie. Why not give it a try. There are a number of similar recipes, including one for muffins using almond flour in the recipe section. For almond flour substitute ground almonds. I made some muffins last year which were quite nice and only one or two carbs each. Not sure if the recipe is in my journal. Have a look at the index on page 1.

[Ebbie.B]

My favourite bread is Rye bread, too many carbs though. :nono:

I have had a look around the sites for low carb bread most use a bread machine though and at the moment i don't have one. And also i'm far to lazy oops i mean busy to make it by hand.
Liked this recipe though 2mins in the microwave:thup:

Just done a shop at Somerfield they are having a half price sale tomorrow, and will have bread machines for £20 wooohoooo. Unfortunately they will also have TV's etc at half price so i am going to have to just grab the bread machine and run or my bank manager will not be best pleased with me. lol

[RCFletcher]

Just for you Ebbie.B, I just tried a slice with butter and marmite on it. The taste is identical to 'real' bread - if I can remember what bread tastes like after three years...

[muddy]

My daughter wanted to make a cake this afternoon so we tried the instant bread, I added a couple of tsps of splenda as I wanted it sweet. Well when we took it out the microwave it looked, and this is my daughters description, like a bath sponge. Very flat and for too shallow to slice into a decent slice of bread. However we decided to try some and if you closed your eyes and put on diabetic jam/cream it tasted ok. However in my opinion nothing like bread!

[Rosebud]

Your recipe sounds great, Robert. :thup: How many slices of "bread" does it make?

Roz

[pepsi max]

wow rob,
made the bread, very nice.then made another one but added 1 heaped teaspoon of splenda and a pinch of cinnamon.nuked it in a small bowl for a couple of mins and voila!one sponge cake.halved it lenthways and spread with diabetic jam and some creme fraiche,dusted the top with coco powder. awesome!
thanks for a quick treat.

christine

[RCFletcher]

Hi Rosebud and everybody else.

I get two little loaves made in a sandwich box about 4" by 4" about 2 and a half inches high.

OK, so it's no match for 'mother's pride' but it's not bad - and so flexible. I've tried the following variations:

Add about as much again desicated coconut to original mixture and some spenda. You need a touch of cream now as the mixture will be too dry. Spread into blobs and nuke for 2 - 3 mins. Result, coconut biscuits.

Take above mixture and add a large spoon of plan cocoa powder. Result, chocolate coconut biscuits!

I've tried replacing half the ground almonds with soya flour. It works but it's a bit yellow and crumbly - pure almonds is better. I've heard it also works with soya protein powder.

I've also tried toasting it (it works) and frying it (works, but doesn't really taste like fried bread).

Have fun experimenting everyone.

Robert

[Ebbie.B]

Wow who needs Atkins bars when we have Robert!!:yay:

[RCFletcher]

Just tried another one:

75g ground almonds
50g dessicated coconut
1 small teaspoon baking soda
large spoon cocoa powder
tablespoon splenda
two nubs of 85% cocoa chocolate cut into small bits
35g melted butter
tablespoon of double cream
2 medium eggs

Mix the last three ingredients. Add all the dry ones. Put into small plastic containers and microwave for 2 mins or a baking tray and about 10mins on gas mark 5 (I tried both).

Result: Chocolate chip coconut cakes to die for!

Robert

P.S. If you over cook them they become biscuits - you can't lose!

PPS If I could afford to buy an Atkins bar, I'll bet I could copy it.

[Ebbie.B]

PPS If I could afford to buy an Atkins bar, I'll bet I could copy it.

This is what my DH and i have been discussing. He asked me if he should get ready to take out a second mortgage...lol
I thought for a minute they might be a lot cheaper to bring them in line with slim fast, but then thought about the article saying about the fall in slim fast's profits and realised this is probably wishfull thinking.

You've got to give it ago Robert if you can do it, it will make you MILLIONS:Party:

Just thought about something, i wonder if Boots and Sim fast are part of the same company? Slim fast's loss of profits would answer why Boots wont sell the sticks and are so down on Atkins.

[LisaUK]

No they're not the same company but it does make you wonder doesn't it? lol I think they're originally an American company. Their contact address is in Palm Beach anyway.

[RCFletcher]

I think Boots should have a serious rethink. I'd love to know how much of their diabetic chocolate and other goodies (and to be honest they have a good range) are bought by diabetics and how much by low carb dieters. Maybe I should keep quiet or they may refuse to sell them to us!

Robert

[LisaUK]

Apparently a lot of the stores no longer stock diabetic chocolate. I know my local one doesn't any more, nor the one in the next town. Mind you, Thornton's range is MUCH better! No fructose in it, gorgeous stuff.

[Ebbie.B]

:yum: Thortons chocolate!!


Oh how i could do with some of that!!! LOL

What is the carb amount on there diabetic chocolate Lisa?

I had a look at Boots and thought it still too high :cry:

[LisaUK]

It's not that high actually. I don't have any to hand so I can't tell you exact figures. Did you remember to subtract the sugar alcohols total from the total carb amount? Mind you - what sweetener do Boots use?

I've been munching the Thorntons with no problems anyway. I usually treat myself to 1 piece a day.
They do ice cream as well. :D

[pepsi max]

rob,


this basic recipe is unreal.
i,ve made muffins, cakes, biscuits, all in different flavours.the possibilities are endless.you could even use it as a base for a trifle.
the only problem i,ve got now is that i,ve run out of almond flour. grrrrrrr.

i,ve tried that diabetic chocolate from boots.it,s not bad. the one with nuts is the best.

christine

[pepsi max]

thorntons icecream is lovely.had some on saturday.

[muddy]

I had a quick look at the ice cream and thought it was sweetened with fructose. Am I wrong?

[RCFletcher]

Yes, it is sweetened with fructose. It is 15g of carbs per 100g and a tub is 120g. Half a tub would be about 9 - a managable amount if you aren't on induction. I must confess I ate a whole tub today in that heat. I'll soon burn it off though. I haven't had many other carbs today.

Boot chocolate is OK. It's sweetened with sugar alcohols (like thornton's)so the e.c.c. is very low.

Some other diabetic chocolates are sweetened with fructose and these should be avoided - read all labels.

The reason diabetics are allowed fructose (so I understand) is that it is absobed so quickly that it doesn't cause an insulin rise.

[Paulie-M]

Hey Robert,

I'm going to give your recipe a try. Please don't compare it with Mothers Pride - that's like blotting paper. Sticks to the roof of your mouth as I remember:)

[LisaUK]

Oh ho!!! I just tried a variation.

100g ground almonds
28g melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs Splenda
2 heaped tsp Belarte chocolate hazlenut spread
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder

Mix it up bake it, GREAT!

Am now addicted but happy that I have breakfast again. :D

Thank you!!

[suleika]

The title of this thread really caught my eye. I'm not a cakes girl, or a biscuit (cookie) girl; I am really a sweeties (candy) girl. I loved my chocolate bars, my refreshers, my opal fruits (or whatever they are called now.) BUT, having said all that, one of my favourite things to eat in the world was CREAM TEA. On a scone, a little jam and plenty of whipped cream. I am off for a few days now but when I come back I am going to find some diabetic jam and try a fake bread thing.

Thanks!

Gez

[Avlev]

Hi all,
That instant 'bread' recipe sounds great. Any idea how many carbs in it? Thanks!

[pepsi max]

theres 6.5 c-grams in 100gs of almond flour.so includind the eggs i would think no more than 8 altogether.

[Vanilla]

The version I use is from someone called jwcordi - I'm not sure how to give them credit!

1 1/4 Cup ground almonds
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter (softened)
1 oz heavy cream
1 oz water
2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
Artificial sweetener to equal 1/4 cup or to taste.

Mix, put in bun cases in bun tin [or put in a cake tin] and bake for about 15-20 minutes [till firm] at around gas mark 5. I usually make about 10 small buns.

When cool I top these with clotted cream and sliced strawberry. Then quickly freeze the rest before I eat them all! They are much nicer than ordinary buns/scones in my opinion.

[Apparently they are approx 18 carbs per batch, or 1.8 carbs per bun]

[Demi]

There are some great bread recipes (click) here (http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/lowcarb-breads.html)

I use the Almond Muffins recipe that's featured there as substitute scones for cream teas :yum:

Don't you just love this woe :D

[kajte]

Robert ,

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This recipie is a life saver! My other half is a bread/toast fiend & I was getting to the point where I may crumble!

The recipie is fab, is great hot cold & even toasted! Its great to take to work (I work nights in a hospital) cos sometimes you really dont fancy a salad at 2 or 3 in the morning, but a diabetic jam buttie really hits the spot!

Just one quick question tho. Do you think you could make larger quantities, pop it in a loaf tin & bake in the oven?

Thank you again!

Kate (",)

[RCFletcher]

I think you could make any quantity but watch the diabetic jam. If you eat too much it'll have you running to the loo!

There are lots of variations on this recipe. My favourite is to add sweetener, cocoa powder and replace some of the almond flour with desicated coco-nut. nuke in little blobs and you've got chocolate coco-nut biscuits.

Also note that too many nuts can cause some people to stall so if your weight loss stops try cutting out the nuts for a while.

[Tonymoo]

Hi

I picked this up from another website and have been working on a chocolate pudding - same recipe in a pudding basin with sweetener, 2 tbs cocoa powder and a tbs of chocolate extract - great with cream

I've also done a lemon version - with a tsp of lemon oil and some grated lemon zest - this was good but a little dry and would probably benefit from som LC lemon curd.

I've also used the chocolate version in chunks as the basis of a LC tiramisu - soak in espresso and a little tia maria and add mascarpone, sweetened a little and a little vanilla extract, dusting the top with cococa - really hits the spot.

Tony

[Paulie-M]

Tony, those sound delicious. I think I'll give them a try.