Heather's cinnamon apple cake: can I skip the raisins?
#294297 - 12/21/06 09:25 AM
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Ulrika
Reged: 08/20/06
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Loc: Uppsala, Sweden
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I made the cinnamon apple cake (something with great great grandma's or something like that) from the EFI book and I loved it. Only now I'd like to make it ultra safe so I want to skip the raisins. Now my question is, will this affect the consistency of the cake and if so what can I add to make it better? Another problem is that raisins are fairly high in energy so if I just leave them out then the fat percent of the cake goes up quite a bit I think. Then again I use sweetened applesauce when I bake so this should bring the non-fat energy content up too...
Any suggestions?
/Ulrika, IBS-D
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Do you mean the chocolate applesauce cake in the "Breads" section? I made it without the raisins because I don't like raisins with chocolate and spices, and it came out just fine. If you are using more applesauce and less oil, the fat content should be okay.
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Yep that would be the one. So you didn't have to bake it for a bit longer? The raisins do add some dry matter to the cake, so I thought maybe I would need to bake it for a tiny bit longer.
Basically you suggest I could replace a bit of the oil in the recipe with applesauce to compensate for leaving the raisins out?
Thanks!
I'm going home to my parents tomorrow to stay there for the holidays and since there will be a lot of snacking on Xmas stuff I thought I'd bake some things that are low-fat enough to be safe to eat on an empty stomach so I can sit down and enjoy a Xmas snack with my family.
I thought I might strip the peppermint fudge cake of the peppermint too and spike it with some Xmas spices instead... 
/Ulrika, IBS-D
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I didn't have to bake it longer (beyond the extra five minutes my oven always seems to need). I don't think it's strictly necessary to do the applesauce substitution, unless you feel the need to be extra careful about the fat content. I often just put a spoonful or two of applesauce in the measuring cup before measuring the oil when making any bread, because I like the breads to be extra low fat as they are my usual evening snack. I want the last thing I put in my stomach before bed to be as safe as possible. 
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