Post by kickingfrog on Jan 27, 2011 15:01:16 GMT
Liebkuchen
Re: liebkuchen?
Posted by Hazel on 21/12/2004
GF board
The ones I make are not at all complicated
(despite the fact I substitute for egg as well ). When my son had to go gf he was heartbroken as he loved the shop bought liebkuchen (which are sponge based rather than the traditional German cookie based ones).
There are lots of different recipes many of them too time consuming - but you'll get a very nice version of the sponge based ones if you add to whatever sponge-type mixture you use (per 9 oz flour):
3 oz sultanas (or a mixture of sultanas and candied peel if you like candied peel)
1/4 teaspoon mixed spice(or more if you like them spicier)
2 tablespoons of ground almonds
l l/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
I then cook one batch in mini-doughnut tins and the rest in bun cases.
Favourite topping is Green and Blacks chocolate, but for a plateful of different looks you can ice them with white or coloured icing, white icing with zig zags of another colour, or white icing dipped in "hundreds and thousands".
The non gf members of the household prefer this version to the shop bought one - you can change the recipe to get the level of spice/chocolate you prefer.
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Re: liebkuchen?
Posted by Hazel on 21/12/2004
GF board
The ones I make are not at all complicated
(despite the fact I substitute for egg as well ). When my son had to go gf he was heartbroken as he loved the shop bought liebkuchen (which are sponge based rather than the traditional German cookie based ones).
There are lots of different recipes many of them too time consuming - but you'll get a very nice version of the sponge based ones if you add to whatever sponge-type mixture you use (per 9 oz flour):
3 oz sultanas (or a mixture of sultanas and candied peel if you like candied peel)
1/4 teaspoon mixed spice(or more if you like them spicier)
2 tablespoons of ground almonds
l l/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
I then cook one batch in mini-doughnut tins and the rest in bun cases.
Favourite topping is Green and Blacks chocolate, but for a plateful of different looks you can ice them with white or coloured icing, white icing with zig zags of another colour, or white icing dipped in "hundreds and thousands".
The non gf members of the household prefer this version to the shop bought one - you can change the recipe to get the level of spice/chocolate you prefer.
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