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RE: Christmas

Karen — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:52:33 GMT

I froze about half of the almond torte when I made it, & ate the last slice yesterday - still beautifully moist & oh so very delicious.

RE: Christmas

April — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:35:49 GMT

Thanx for the tips

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AnneB — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:10:42 GMT

Hope you enjoy it April.....I often make it for a dessert when we have guests so that I can have some too as it doesn't hurt my diabetes. It's very nutritious, full of protein and calcium with all those almonds :) I find it needs to cook at bit longer than the recipe says, but then my oven is a bit old !

RE: Christmas

April — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:38:21 GMT

I came acrross this lovely recipe when looking to see who was on the forum a few nights back.(after midnight) I noticed someone was looking at the topic Christmas. So I decided to look on it too. Since then I have been thinking about this tasty torte. I'm at the very least going to write it out. It sounds so yummy. Thanx Annabel

RE: Christmas

AnneB — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:38:01 GMT

I cooked our turkey as per the cooking suggestion by Mary Berry in the Christmas supplement that came with Osteoporosis News - it was cooked to perfection and very moist. Thanks !

Anne

RE: Christmas

joezoe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:05:45 GMT

Happy holidays and merry christmas to all !

RE: Christmas

Pippa — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:37:33 GMT

Hibernating! Lots of family coming just after Christmas, but this year no worries about catering: nowadays I take up so much room with my wheely trolley I guess my kind off-spring will ban me from our small kitchen.

Greetings all (and don't try skating!)

Pippa

RE: Christmas

AnneB — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:47:14 GMT

Hi Karen,

It occurs to me that you could experiment using a mixture of ready ground almonds plus ones you grind yourself...the ready ground ones, not having their skins on, might make the cake a bit lighter. Mind you, the addition of the skins gives a lovely texture to the cake...and yes, it's very rich because of all those nuts ! So much calcium though too ! I think it would keep well and not go dry.

Happy Christmas !

Anne

RE: Christmas

Karen — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:35:46 GMT

I made the cake this afternoon Anne, & although it took longer to cook, & I took it out of the tin before it was fully cool & before I'd poured the syrup on top( it broke a bit round the edges), it tastes delicious. I don't think I ground the almonds fine enough though, & as I also used 4 extra large eggs (all I had left) I think that's why it took longer to cook. It's very rich, & would easily give 12 slices. Thanks so much for the recipe.

RE: Christmas

Karen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:06:04 GMT

Thanks Anne - I'll let you know what it's like.

RE: Christmas

AnneB — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:05:10 GMT

Daphne - I find xylitol in health food shops.

Karen - the original recipe uses caster sugar (250g of it for the cake and 25g for the syrup) so it won't go wrong using sugar...other than that the recipe is exactly the same :)

all the best,
Anne

RE: Christmas

Karen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:31:46 GMT

Anne, that recipe sounds wonderful & I think I'll try it. I've never had that sweetener, but if it's hard to get I might try using sugar.

RE: Christmas

bonnytiz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:09:51 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the recipe Anne, I am diabetic as well so I will have a go at making it, where do you get the xylitol from?

Thanks, Daphne

RE: Christmas

James — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:07:23 GMT

I'll be spending time with family also, then I'm off on holiday on New Year's Day.

It's not looking too good for snow at the moment, given the amount of rain!

RE: Christmas

AnneB — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:26:04 GMT

For Christmas I, my husband and son will be at home and we're inviting over my brother, sister in law and nephew so there'll be the six of us. I always get our grocery shopping on line and I've already done most of my order for that Christmas week, including a free range turkey :) Because of my diabetes I cannot eat Christmas cake or pudding so I'm doing a very special, but easy, cake called Santiago Almond Torte, that I can eat which my husband - who's not diabetic - loves. It's made with a large quantity of almonds (no flour, so no carbs and no gluten either) and sweetened with xylitol. By happy coincidence the almonds are naturally high in calcium and the xylitol is both a sweetener diabetics can use and is helpful against osteoporosis ! Here's a link about xylitol and osteoporosis: [url]http://www.vrp.com/articles.aspx?ProdID=art717&zTYPE=2[/url] My husband loves the taste of xylitol as it's sweeter than sugar, unfortunately it's quite expensive so making a cake from it is a treat.

Here's the recipe if anyone is interested:

For torte:
• 300g almonds with their little brown skins still on
• 4 eggs separated
• 180g xylitol
• grated zest of 1 lemon and 1 tbsp juice
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

For syrup:
• thinly sliced zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 25g xylitol

1 - Preheat oven to 180 C, gas mark 4. Grease a 20cm round loose bottomed cake tin and line base with baking parchment. Place almonds in food processor and grind very finely.

2 - Place egg yolks, xylitol, lemon zest and juice in large bowl and whisk until mixture becomes thick and creamy. Mix in the ground almonds and cinnamon.

3 - Whisk egg whites until they form stiff peaks and fold into the almond mixture. Pour into the cake tin and cook for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin.

4 - Whist the cake is cooling, make the syrup. Place the lemon zest with the juice, xylitol and 1 tablespoon of cold water in a small saucepan and heat gently until the xylitol is dissolved. Spoon the warm syrup over the top of the torte. When it's all cold take out of tin and place on plate - you can serve it with thick cream :)

all the best,
Anne

RE: Christmas

bonnytiz — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:44:52 GMT

Hi, We will be staying at home as usual, I am cooking for the family,8 of us, including my 2 grandchildren. Hope you all have a lovely time.

RE: Christmas

SheilB — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:32:44 GMT

Hello James, what a nice message to read! Christmas for me will be with my family, Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning with my daughters and 19yr old granddaughter, which is always nice, and Christmas lunch with my sisters and family so I don't have to cook at all! What will you be doing?

with best wishes, SheilaB

Christmas

James — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:48:58 GMT

Is anyone doing anything nice this Christmas?

It certainly looks like it's going to be a cold one, hopefully there will be a little snow.