Would this work?

[da Walnut]

I need to make a birthday cake of sorts for a friend who is also low-carbing it, though not on Atkins (and no, shes not loosing like I am) but she loves chocoalte anything. Has anyone added cocoa powder and davinci syrup to the flax bread recipie. I was thinking it would make a brownie sort of thing, and I could ice it with cream cheese, butter and more of the syrup. I prefer it over splenda. She doesn't think that flax bread could even remotely taste good, and I wanted to wow her

Ideas anyone?

[calyn320]

I make flax muffins with cocoa and davinci syrup, they are really good. I have not tried it with the bread recipe yet, but it should work. HTH

[Naja]

A better flour substitute for a chocolate cake type recipe is almond flour. The secret to good low carb baking or breading with flour substitutes is to use more than one. Experiment with the proportions until you find something that really works well. I'd try almond meal plus a bit of flax (nice and nutty), plenty of unsweetened cocoa powder and perhaps some Atkins baking mix or soy powder. WPI (wheat protein isolate) is always a winner in a low carb flour combo as well.

Hmm. Mayonnaise can really enhance a chocolate cake; I bet it would do good in a low carb chocolate cake as well.

[Heidi3]

cheese cake is wonderful!!!

you can make a chocolate pumpkin cheese cake by following the recipe and then just add cocoa powder or bakers chocolate melted with butter if that is allowed at your respective levels!....I have made chocolate cheese cake with Splenda for others and they said it was wonderful but I do not use the stuff so I can not tell you myself......but it would be needed with the cocoa powder or bakers chocolate it could be bitter...I made a coffee cheese cake with out sweetener ...I loved it ...my family dumped maple syrup on it! and said it was gross