Nancy, have you tried throwing in an egg and leaving out the baking powder? If you make it with one egg, 1/4 c almond meal,1-2 tablesp cocoa, vanilla DaVinci, Splenda to taste, and
then nuke for about 86 sec. It makes a wonderful chocolate brownie-like dessert.

I find the golden flax seeds to be a lot less bitter than the dark brown ones. Also it is important to grind them just before using them to get the benefit (high omega 3 source), but I wonder if that isn't lost by cooking anyway as we are told to NEVER use flax seed oil for cooking- just to take it straight. So it seems to me the benefit is then more in adding fiber, and as Nancy says, it makes for a fluffier end product if used with almond meal. BTW, the recipe done with egg also makes a good basis for a pancake..just add a bit of melted butter or cream to the batter.

Another consideration is to use ground hazelnuts rather than almonds, which I think has a better carb count?? (could be wrong here.)

Val