Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Heather, Q about choc-apples cake

Hi - Please feel free to reduce or eliminate any of the spices. It's probably the cloves that you're tasting.

You could add a little grated orange zest with just the cinnamon. Or some almond extract, or even a bit of Kahlua.

The chocolate applesauce cake and the peppermint fudge cakes are darn near the exact same recipe. It's really just the spices/extracts that change. So that shows you how flexible the recipe is, and how you can modify it however you like.

Because all of the IBS recipes are low fat, I try to bump up the flavor in other ways (fat carries flavor). So I usually use generous amounts of herbs, spices, and extracts. You're always free to adjust this to your own taste.

In baking, do make sure that for spices you're using level teaspoons/tablespoons. If you just scoop up the spices into rounded teaspoons, you'll have too much.

- Heather

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