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amother

OP ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 1:04 pm

Trying to decide if I just really dislike pesach cakes or if mine didn't come out as they should have. How can I tell?

zaq

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 1:38 pm

Most homemade Pesach cakes taste like a sponge . Many commercially prepared cakes also taste like sweetened styrofoam unless loaded with chemicals.The mixes are better but also chemical-rich. It's unrealistic to expect a Pesach cake to match its chometzdik counterpart. I stick to meringues and amaretti.

giftedmom

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 1:48 pm

My best ones have an additional ingredient like cocoa, coffee, or nuts so potato starch isn’t the only base

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 1:56 pm

giftedmom wrote:

My best ones have an additional ingredient like cocoa, coffee, or nuts so potato starch isn’t the only base

I made a lot with potato starch and almond flour mixed. I think I just don't like the taste

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 1:57 pm

zaq wrote:

Thanks. I guess it's not just me

amother

Hawthorn

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:21 pm

I personally dont love the taste and texture of almond flour. I like Rorie flour better. Too expensive though

amother

Slategray

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:22 pm

amother OP wrote:

I made a lot with potato starch and almond flour mixed. I think I just don't like the taste

Almond flour is not good in cakes. It's better for cookies.
I do chocolate cakes & ground nut cakes, and it's delicious.

flowerpower

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:23 pm

Brownies are the best- no snow needed and very flavorful.

amother

Crystal

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:36 pm

I personally am not so keen on the almond flour flavor, and I find the cakes and cookies are nicer without it.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:46 pm

Wow, ok good to know. All the recipes seem to use almond flour these days. Please send some good tried and true recipes without it. Thanks

Bnei Berak 10

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:47 pm

Hinda's chocolate cake posted somewhere on imamother. Excellent!

watergirl

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 2:57 pm

amother OP wrote:

Wow, ok good to know. All the recipes seem to use almond flour these days. Please send some good tried and true recipes without it. Thanks

It’s true, they all call for almond flour… and I skip those. I find them to be heavy and oily. I make a few pretty good cakes, but it’s pesach - lets not pretend that it’s going to taste like chametz. And that’s ok.

Reality

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 3:11 pm

I also don't like how almond flour tastes. I only bake things with chocolate, chocolate hides all sin! I also make a lot of sorbets for dessert. It's light, tastes delicious and something cold on a hot day is always popular.

Cheiny ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 3:13 pm

amother OP wrote:

Trying to decide if I just really dislike pesach cakes or if mine didn't come out as they should have. How can I tell?

My family loves the typical Pesach chocolate brownie cake so much, even during the year… potato starch, no almond flour.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 3:18 pm

Cheiny wrote:

My family loves the typical Pesach chocolate brownie cake so much, even during the year… potato starch, no almond flour.

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

↑ Cheiny ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 3:35 pm

amother OP wrote:

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

Sure. I have a few different variations, basically similar.

Best Pesach Brownies

• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar OR 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 cup potato starch
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Whisk together eggs, sugar, and oil. Add the vanilla, cocoa, and starch and mix until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips if using.
Pour into greased 9x11 brownie pan.
Bake in oven preheated to 350 until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.
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BROWNIES PESACH
1 c cocoa
2 c sugar
1 c oil
3/4 c potato starch
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Mix all (then add 1 bag choc chips optional), bake 35-45 minutes or longer.
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Pesach brownies

1 C. Oil
4 eggs
1 3/4 C. Sugar
3/4 C. Potato Starch
3/4 C. Cocoa
1 pkg vanilla sugar
(optional - throw in some chocolate chips)

Mix and bake at 350 approx 45 minutes-1 hour. Touch the cake in the middle to see if solid or test with toothpick.

Last edited by Cheiny on Thu, Apr 18 2024, 6:08 pm; edited 1 time in total

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 3:50 pm

Cheiny wrote:

Sure. I have a few different variations, basically similar.

Best Pesach Brownies

• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar OR 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 cup potato starch
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Whisk together eggs, sugar, and oil. Add the salt, vanilla, cocoa, and starch and mix until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips if using.
Pour into greased 9x11 brownie pan.
Bake in oven preheated to 350 until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.
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BROWNIES PESACH
1 c cocoa
2 c sugar
1 c oil
3/4 c potato starch
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Mix all (then add 1 bag choc chips optional), bake 35-45 minutes or longer.
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Pesach brownies

1 C. Oil
4 eggs
1 3/4 C. Sugar
3/4 C. Potato Starch
3/4 C. Cocoa
1 pkg vanilla sugar
(optional - throw in some chocolate chips)

Mix and bake at 350 approx 45 minutes-1 hour. Touch the cake in the middle to see if solid or test with toothpick.

Thank you!

amother

Papaya ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 4:59 pm

Let’s take a moment to appreciate people who are gluten free all year round. My cousins have celiac and they eat pessach cake all year.

Tao

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 5:05 pm

I made this and it was yum! I actually made as a plain vanilla sponge coz already got a few other rich chocolate things and wanted something lighter:) no separated potato starch bH
Know your oven. My little countertop Pesach oven is very strong, I baked on a SUPER low temp (260!)

https://www.kosher.com/recipe/.....-1853

amother

Diamond ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 5:30 pm

amother Papaya wrote:

Let’s take a moment to appreciate people who are gluten free all year round. My cousins have celiac and they eat pessach cake all year.

This isn’t actually so. My son has celiac. It’s nothing like pesach, especially if you use limited ingredients. We make delicious stuff all year round that we can’t make on pesach.

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