How would you bake a rice flour cake?

[H.C. Heartland]

I am attempting to make a good rice flour cake, but the recipe's out there are few. One of the problems is the texture of the rice flour; it tends to be grainy. Do you have any suggestions on how I can make a good rice flour cake?

 

[monkeyboots]

Hi,
Are you using brown rice flour or japanese mochi flour?
Also, what kind of cake do you want to make?

 

[H.C. Heartland]

Hi,
Are you using brown rice flour or japanese mochi flour?
Also, what kind of cake do you want to make?

HI, I am using what would be considered brown rice flour but it is actually white but has not been processed. I want to make a basic yellow cake. I have tried one recipe that used sweetened condensed milk and sugar and it was very good. But it called for yeast, and I would really prefer to learn how to cook with the rice flour without yeast if possible. But when I try it without, the ricebread or cake becomes very dense. Someone posted a new recipe I'm going to try, and I'll post the result. But I would appreciate many recipe's as my husband and I are trying to go gluten free unless we are baking for a party or for company.

 

[monkeyboots]

Hi,

This recipe from Serious Eats looks good. http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/03/gluten-free-single-layer-yellow-cake.html
I've used many recipes from the site and I haven't been disappointed.
I use coconut flour often and I really like it, but it takes some trial and error to get it right (and too heavy for a cake).
I hope you have success with the cake. I looks yummy!

Kate

 

[H.C. Heartland]

Hi,

This recipe from Serious Eats looks good. http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/03/gluten-free-single-layer-yellow-cake.html
I've used many recipes from the site and I haven't been disappointed.
I use coconut flour often and I really like it, but it takes some trial and error to get it right (and too heavy for a cake).
I hope you have success with the cake. I looks yummy!

Kate

Thanks! I tried it. It turned out really good. I used rice flour and substituted almond extract for the vanilla extract. That is very interesting about coconut flour. I have been wanting to do some things with it but would need to make it myself. I have yet to try out a recipe for good coconut flour, do you have any good links for making your own?

 

[monkeyboots]

I'm so glad your cake was a success! You have inspired me to make one.
Thankfully, I can buy coconut flour at my health food store. Here are some instructions for making your own, but it looks rather time consuming.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Coconut-Flour-With-Flaked-Coconut
If I were you I would stick to using the other flours and use your time to bake more delicious treats!

 

[H.C. Heartland]

Thanks for the link! I'm going to try it at least once to see how much time it makes and what the shelf life is. But we use a lot of other types of flours too so if its too much work it probably won't be a regular habit. Tuesdays are my days to try things out from my cooking forums or blogs I follow. Thanks for helping make my house smell really good for everyone when they come home.

 

[monkeyboots]

Please post your results!

 

[H.C. Heartland]

I made the mistake of replacing the sugar with stevia, and I think it messed with the consistency. As you can see from the photo it looks more like flat bread. The taste was good though and very much like a yellow cake taste. I am thinking it would be of more interest on the disaster help threads! I will try again with the sugar and see if it makes a difference. I also think my pan might have been too big.

 

[monkeyboots]

Is that the rice flour cake or one you made with coconut flour?

 

[H.C. Heartland]

Is that the rice flour cake or one you made with coconut flour?

No, it was the rice flour. I have not been able to find the coconut flour yet. I need to look up online how to make it. I am thinking I just need a food processor or blender strong enough to make it super fine. There is a place in the town where I am at the moment, that grinds rice into flour so I am wondering if I took enough coconut if they could do that. But I don't know if the coconut would need to be dried first. Any advice on how to make coconut flour?

 

[Jcandy]

As far as I can think of coconut flour is to blend the coconut in a blender. If possible please share the images. I would love to see them.

 

[H.C. Heartland]

As far as I can think of coconut flour is to blend the coconut in a blender. If possible please share the images. I would love to see them.

I have blended my coconut into flour, but before I bake with it, I wanted to ask you if you think this is fine enough. What do you think? Will this work? I am attaching a photo. Thanks.

 

[monkeyboots]

Wow! You did it! It looks great. Remember, a little goes a long way. It soaks up moisture like crazy!

 

[H.C. Heartland]

Here is the finished product. I made a microwave coconut flour chocolate mug cake. It also has banana in it. I used Stevia and baking soda. The recipe called for egg white but I used the whole egg. It turned out really good! Thanks for letting me know about Coconut flour! I can't wait to start experimenting with other things. It is funny to see the course a thread takes; I opened up asking about rice flour and it ended up talking about coconut. It was well worth the diversion.

 

[Jcandy]

That's lovely! I'm sorry couldn't reply, but you did a great job. Keep it up and keep sharing the images of your creations.