Coconut is extremely dense and requires far more eggs and
liquid than almond so the recipe won't just work with a direct substitution.
Hi, would this work with any other
liquid than almond milk?
Michelle, I haven't played around with this recipe using other flours, but if you can tolerate coconut flour, that may work (if you want to play with the recipe, start with much less coconut flour because it absorbs more
liquid than almond flour).
Swapping almond flour for the coconut flour may be on the tricky side as coconut flour absorbs almost three times the amount of
liquid than almond flour does, and since the main liquid in this recipe is eggs, changing the amount of eggs would greatly effect the finished result of the cake.
Not exact matches
You would need to do some experimentation with the coconut flour, it definitely reacts differently
than almond flour as it soaks up a lot more
liquid.
We also provided links to recipes using nuts other
than almonds, piping guides, a troubleshooting guide, and links to making eggless vegan macaron shells using aquafaba (aka, the
liquid from a can of chickpeas)!
Liquids: After trying various combos, I settled on unsweetened almond milk and coconut water as my liquids for the relative nutritional benefits with fewer calories than juice o
Liquids: After trying various combos, I settled on unsweetened
almond milk and coconut water as my
liquids for the relative nutritional benefits with fewer calories than juice o
liquids for the relative nutritional benefits with fewer calories
than juice or milk.
And if you want to make this with
almond flour instead, I'd start with removing the milk, as
almond flour needs less
liquid than coconut flour.
I used the sweetened cream, the
liquid I had previously drained, and a small amount of
almond milk, (let's be honest, there was more
than enough fat happening already), to make it to 4 cups of milk.
Because those are more absorbent
than almond flour, I added 2 eggs to the wet ingredients to add more
liquid and help the texture out a bit (I'm not a vegan).
Coconut flour is a lot more absorbent
than almond meal so the
liquid to dry ratio will be much different.
Buttermilk is much thicker
than almond milk, so less
liquid would be necessary in the recipe.
Egg free recipes work better with
almond flour recipes
than coconut flour recipes because coconut flour requires a large amount of
liquid and the eggs would be the
liquid and the binder in this recipe.
Hmm I'm not sure in this case what would be best — you might want to try millet or sorghum flour, but you may have to play with some of the other ratios as those flours will absorb
liquids differently
than almond meal would, and wouldn't have the fat content of
almond meal.
Egg free recipes work better with
almond flour recipes
than coconut flour recipes because coconut flour requires a large amount of
liquid and the eggs would be the
liquid and the binder in this recipe.
Just beware that if you're going to use coconut flour for baking, it absolutely NEEDS to be mixed with other flours as it sucks up moisture like crazy... I've made delicious baked goods by mixing coconut flour with
almond flour and quinoa flour in equal parts, and adding slightly more
liquid ingredients
than the recipe calls for.
It's little more
than a standard overnight oats recipe, following the usual formula of one part oats to two parts
liquid (unsweetened
almond milk, in this case), one part fruit (mashed banana), and a little something for flavour stirred through (a touch of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt).
Buttermilk is much thicker
than almond milk, so less
liquid would be necessary in the recipe.
I have one question, when you use the
almond butter in your recipe, do you eliminate th oil that comes to the top of the jar, because I included it & I'm concerned it might have added more
liquid than required which may elongate the cooking time,, any advice on that one?
One option would be to melt it and mix in a
liquid oil like
almond or jojoba, which tend to absorb better
than some other carrier oils.
I use Honeyville
almond flour which absorbs more
liquid as it is finer ground
than some
almond flours.
Almond flour is not a 1:1 substitute for coconut flour, as coconut flour absorbs liquid more than almond
Almond flour is not a 1:1 substitute for coconut flour, as coconut flour absorbs
liquid more
than almond almond flour.