Comments on: Shirley Plant https://www.allergy-details.com/writers/shirleyplant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shirleyplant Gluten Allergy / Gluten Free Diet / Yeast Allergy / Asthma / + other Allergies Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 By: Adriana Francis https://www.allergy-details.com/writers/shirleyplant/comment-page-1/#comment-7285 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:36:27 +0000 #comment-7285 Hi Shirley,
I bought your book, Finally food I can eat! from my naturopath and I have to tell you that i am extremely disappointed with the birthday cake. I tried it as per the recipe exactly, and it was horrible. It was dry, crumbly, did not hold together , and I could still taste the baking soda/vinegar reaction (as if too much baking agents).
I also tried to improve it by more water then required, I tried adding a touch of flax seed in hot water, I tried adding some coconut flour but nothing seems to work in bringing this cake together.
What is wrong with this cake?
your recipe
3 cups brown rice flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vit c crystals
1/2 tsp guar gum
1.5 cups water (warm)
1/2 cup honey
2 tblsp vinegar
2 tsp vanilla
4 tblsp oil

this is what is in the cook book (with the exception of honey which your cook book says maple syrup

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