Coconut Swiss Roll

My love for Swiss rolls has been mentioned quite a few times here on my blog, and the recipe has already made it to BON APPETIT.

This Coconut Swiss Roll is a variation of my basic Swiss roll, but it's a little bit different.

It has no sugar, no flour in the actual sponge nor in the cream. Hum, good news for those who are watching their sugar and carb... Well, I'm not a health mania but I still love this Swiss roll!

I used coconut flour in stead of plain flour and honey as a substitute for sugar.  (I've been using a lot of honey recently, aren't I? ;D) Although some of the ingredients are replaced, the method of making the sponge is the same as the basic Swiss roll sponge.

The sponge had less volume and was slightly more fragile than the basic Swiss roll but still had a nice texture with a beautiful flavour of coconut.

I rolled dairy free cream and my homemade coconut jam known as Kaya in the middle (I came across Kaya when I was in Malaysia and loved it so much that I often had roti kaya for dinner...).

So here we are..., ultimate Coconut Swiss Roll! I have to admit it was really good that I had more than half the cake to myself, but still there was no sugar, no flour, I didn't feel guilty at all! In fact I felt super satisfied! ;D

More Swiss Rolls?
Chestnuts Swiss Roll
Thank you cows... Swiss Roll
Grape jam Swiss roll
Blackberry and cream cheese Swiss roll Bush de Noel
My Birthday Swiss roll
Dad's Birthday Swiss roll

Father's Day cake & dessert

It was Father's Day yesterday. Did everyone remember to send a big love to your dad or dads? I made Rum & Fruit cake for my dad and dad-in-law, who were both away this Sunday but the cakes were safely sent to them;)

I started the preparation for the fruit cake a little in advance by soaking the mixed dried fruits in rum for a month. I also made a jar of honey and rum soaked walnuts to put in the cake. Both the fruits and nuts were added to a nice moist butter cake along with a fair amount of rum... I added quite a bit of rum in order to make the cake last longer because I was sending it to my dad in Japan which my dad received a day before Father's Day. Yay!

And there was another dad who I made a Father's day treat for..., yes... on behalf of Lana..., it's my hubby and the coolest dad for Lana, Andy! I made a special cheesecake for him (also me and Lana). But it's not a usual cheesecake. It was a sugar-free, flour-less cheesecake. See? I care about our 'daddy's health', so went for a healthy option. ;D

Not only did the cheesecake have no sugar nor flour, it actually had no cream cheese nor cream! However, it tasted like and as creamy as those high calorie ones! I was well impressed!

I'll share the secret ingredients and the recipe on my next post... (so watch this space! ;D)

With Lana's footprint. :) This is how I sent the cake to Japan.

お父さん、いつもありがとう。 

Non sugar, Non flour flapjack

It's not that I'm particularly watching my waist line and I love my sweet sugary cakes too much to give them up, but sometimes I fancy a healthier snack. And today was one of those days.

I decided to make oats cookie without sugar and flour. However, it came out as a flapjack... Oh well, it tasted great and so addictive that
I kept going back for more and it was gone before tea time...;D

As a sweetener I used date syrup and added dried prune and raisin to give it more natural sweetness. Knowing the amount of margarine added into the recipe, I'm not quite sure if I can call it a "healthy snack", but at least there is no sugar in it and it has oats and prune that are a good source of fiber.

I guess this flapjack works with other dried fruits too. I'm going to try apricot or blueberry next time;)

ingredients:

Oats 150g

Corn starch 30g

Margarine 100g

Date syrup 5 tbsp

Raisin 100g

Dried prune (chopped) 100g

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºc. Cream margarine and date syrup together.

2. Mix  oats and corn starch into 1.

3. Mix raisin and prune into 2.

4. Spread the mixture on a baking tray. Bake in the preheated oven (180ºc) for 10 minutes. When the flapjack is cooled , cut it into the size you like.