Are you big into cakes? My grandson really likes baking chocolate cakes.
Chocolate cake can be made with other ingredients, as well.
What kind of other ingredients would you suggest? I've been getting a bit tired of his usual recipe to be honest.
I like Flourless chocolate cake a popular dessert in gluten-free diets.
Oh yes gluten-free is all the rage these days. Something to do with some disease people have where they don't react well to it. Do you know more about that?
Gluten-related disorders include celiac disease (CD), gluten ataxia and others
Oh yes that's what it was, celiac disease. It's strange, though, I think it's pretty rare, but every company seems to be making gluten-free products now. I wonder why?
, especially Triticeae glutens, have unique viscoelastic and adhesive properties, which give dough its elasticity, helping it rise and keep its shape and often leaving the final product with a chewy texture. These properties and its relative low cost are the reasons why gluten is so widely demanded by the food industry and for non-food uses.
Prolamins in wheat are called gliadins; in barley, hordeins; in rye, secalins; and in oats, avenins. These protein classes are collectively referred to as gluten. Wheat glutelins are
Amandine (dessert)
Amandine is a Romanian chocolate layered cake filled with chocolate with caramel and fondant cream. Almond cream is sometimes used. As most Romanian cakes, they can be cut and served in 1-serving miniature cakes or as a big cake. They are among the most traditional "sweetshop" cakes in Romania. The original recipe has layers made out of a fine caramel syrup, flour, cocoa and egg-based dough with a dash of rum or rum essence. The layers are heavy with syrup that also has