Comments on: Gluten-Free Chocolate Financiers with Agave Nectar http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:39:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marni http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-7027 Marni Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:39:02 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-7027 Leah, thank you so much for your creative experimentation in the kitchen and for posting this version with agave syrup! My 5 y/o daughter was diagnosed with a number of food intolerances last week, meaning we had to go gluten and sugar free, and in the lead-up to Easter, I stuggled to get the basic ingredients for savoury dishes, let alone sweet snacks she will actually want to eat. Additionally, some of the online recipes I've been browsing through call for ingredients which I'm not familiar with and are hard for me to source quickly here in Australia, unless I order online. A chance discussion at the hairdresser this morning resulted in a comment about agave syrup, and after a quick call home, her daughter turned up at the salon with their bottle for us to take home and try. Thankfully I found your site and recipe soon after we got home, and my daughter and I have just cooked up a batch of happiness, which was much appreciated by both of us! She is delighted to get to enjoy some chocolate love while other kids polish off their Easter eggs. She even wants the recipes for her own kids one day, as she claims these are her most favourite chocolate cakes ever! I'm quite fond of them split in half, with a dab of berry fruit puree spread! We'll be making these forever! Thanks again X Leah, thank you so much for your creative experimentation in the kitchen and for posting this version with agave syrup! My 5 y/o daughter was diagnosed with a number of food intolerances last week, meaning we had to go gluten and sugar free, and in the lead-up to Easter, I stuggled to get the basic ingredients for savoury dishes, let alone sweet snacks she will actually want to eat. Additionally, some of the online recipes I’ve been browsing through call for ingredients which I’m not familiar with and are hard for me to source quickly here in Australia, unless I order online.
A chance discussion at the hairdresser this morning resulted in a comment about agave syrup, and after a quick call home, her daughter turned up at the salon with their bottle for us to take home and try. Thankfully I found your site and recipe soon after we got home, and my daughter and I have just cooked up a batch of happiness, which was much appreciated by both of us! She is delighted to get to enjoy some chocolate love while other kids polish off their Easter eggs. She even wants the recipes for her own kids one day, as she claims these are her most favourite chocolate cakes ever! I’m quite fond of them split in half, with a dab of berry fruit puree spread! We’ll be making these forever! Thanks again X

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-6835 Jennifer Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:13:17 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-6835 Has anyone every made a chocolate pie using agave nectar to sweeten. It does not have to be vegan Has anyone every made a chocolate pie using agave nectar to sweeten. It does not have to be vegan

]]> By: Jessica http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-6545 Jessica Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:43:12 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-6545 Erin- Try adding a pinch of stevia to increase the sweetness :) Erin- Try adding a pinch of stevia to increase the sweetness :)

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-5961 Jacqueline Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:49:11 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-5961 I found this site/recipe after seeing on Kitchn.com a blurb about dried cactus honey--or flaked agave. I do not eat sugar either, so I was curious. I had everything on hand, given I am a blue agave true believer and have celiac's. They are still cooling, but some how at least 8 have levitated out of the pan. Hmmm...how could that be? The recipe clearly states that one should wait until they are completely cooled. Bad Jacqueline! Bad Boyfriend! We just could not help ourselves. I guess you could sum it up this way: LOVE THEM! Thanks for the agave hack...perfection. I found this site/recipe after seeing on Kitchn.com a blurb about dried cactus honey–or flaked agave. I do not eat sugar either, so I was curious. I had everything on hand, given I am a blue agave true believer and have celiac’s. They are still cooling, but some how at least 8 have levitated out of the pan. Hmmm…how could that be? The recipe clearly states that one should wait until they are completely cooled. Bad Jacqueline! Bad Boyfriend! We just could not help ourselves. I guess you could sum it up this way: LOVE THEM! Thanks for the agave hack…perfection.

]]> By: Nikki http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-5584 Nikki Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-5584 Leah, thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this recipe! I was Dx with Type 2 Diabetes in November. For a chocolaholic, this has been a very difficult three months. Both cane sugar and wheat flour spike my blood sugar so your version of Gluten-Girl's recipe was heaven sent. I made a batch last Saturday, ate two and tested my blood 1, 2 and 3 hours after consuming them --no blood sugar spikes! Then I brought them to a party the next day and all the guests loved them! (Due to friends' preferences I omitted the expresso power and used vanilla instead of almond extract) I have a question though. I used non-Dutch processed unsweetened cocoa power; why do you recommend Dutch processed? Tonight I'm going to make a batch and eat two topped with raspberries and agave sweetened whipped cream. Leah, thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this recipe! I was Dx with Type 2 Diabetes in November. For a chocolaholic, this has been a very difficult three months. Both cane sugar and wheat flour spike my blood sugar so your version of Gluten-Girl’s recipe was heaven sent. I made a batch last Saturday, ate two and tested my blood 1, 2 and 3 hours after consuming them –no blood sugar spikes! Then I brought them to a party the next day and all the guests loved them! (Due to friends’ preferences I omitted the expresso power and used vanilla instead of almond extract)

I have a question though. I used non-Dutch processed unsweetened cocoa power; why do you recommend Dutch processed?

Tonight I’m going to make a batch and eat two topped with raspberries and agave sweetened whipped cream.

]]> By: Fourth of July Menu: Grilled Tofu Recipe and Gluten Free Honey Raspberry Financiers Recipe | Book of Yum http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-4470 Fourth of July Menu: Grilled Tofu Recipe and Gluten Free Honey Raspberry Financiers Recipe | Book of Yum Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:01:52 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-4470 [...] Try Gluten-Free Girl’s Chocolate Financier Recipe, brought to you by Smitten Kitten. Or, an agave-nectar sweetened version of the recipe An adorable Gluten-Free Apricot Financier Recipe Or a gluten-free adaption of a [...] [...] Try Gluten-Free Girl’s Chocolate Financier Recipe, brought to you by Smitten Kitten. Or, an agave-nectar sweetened version of the recipe An adorable Gluten-Free Apricot Financier Recipe Or a gluten-free adaption of a [...]

]]> By: erin http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-4382 erin Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:52:37 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-4382 i made the original recipe first (with sugar and not agave) and... it was better. much better. i still enjoy these, and i feel less guilty eating them, but my boyfriend who doesn't feel guilty eating anything, will not love them and he will complain that they're not the same. they're not sweet enough. maybe i'll modify the recipe further next time to still use agave, but just with a lot more! that said, i'm still really glad for this recipe because i just ate one and want another right now. they're still very good, they're just not mind blowingly phenomenal like the batch i made last weekend. i know my mom and sister and girlfriends will like these, but my boyfriend and his sweet tooth... just not going to happen!! these taste too healthy for him to be fooled. i made the original recipe first (with sugar and not agave) and… it was better. much better. i still enjoy these, and i feel less guilty eating them, but my boyfriend who doesn’t feel guilty eating anything, will not love them and he will complain that they’re not the same. they’re not sweet enough. maybe i’ll modify the recipe further next time to still use agave, but just with a lot more!

that said, i’m still really glad for this recipe because i just ate one and want another right now. they’re still very good, they’re just not mind blowingly phenomenal like the batch i made last weekend. i know my mom and sister and girlfriends will like these, but my boyfriend and his sweet tooth… just not going to happen!! these taste too healthy for him to be fooled.

]]> By: kristina b http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-3717 kristina b Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:12:08 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-3717 so when you first told me about these things, i was like, what the hell is a financier? i deduced from the picture that "financier" is a fancy word for "cupcake with no frosting" or possibly "muffin". upon going to whole foods to purchase almond meal and agave, i said to myself, aha! these are called "financiers" because a little bag of almond meal is $9.99 and a little bottle of agave is $4.99. while "financier" is an appropriate term for these babies, i'd submit that "millionaire muffins" or "capital gains cookies" are also excellent possibilities. in any case, i decided to forgo the ten dollar almond flour but bought the agave syrup. because i'm vegan, i used NRG egg rplacer and soy margerine. i also took the liberty of adding molasses because i was afraid they'd be dry and hard without the egg whties. i made them into little cookies instead of little muffins, and they turned out great! so when you first told me about these things, i was like, what the hell is a financier? i deduced from the picture that “financier” is a fancy word for “cupcake with no frosting” or possibly “muffin”. upon going to whole foods to purchase almond meal and agave, i said to myself, aha! these are called “financiers” because a little bag of almond meal is $9.99 and a little bottle of agave is $4.99. while “financier” is an appropriate term for these babies, i’d submit that “millionaire muffins” or “capital gains cookies” are also excellent possibilities. in any case, i decided to forgo the ten dollar almond flour but bought the agave syrup. because i’m vegan, i used NRG egg rplacer and soy margerine. i also took the liberty of adding molasses because i was afraid they’d be dry and hard without the egg whties. i made them into little cookies instead of little muffins, and they turned out great!

]]> By: Ali http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-3685 Ali Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:46:29 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-3685 the zucchini worked great- unfortunately i didn't measure so i can't say how much to use.... (i just threw a few spoonfuls of puree into part of the batter so i wouldn't ruin the whole thing if it came out awful) the zucchini worked great- unfortunately i didn’t measure so i can’t say how much to use…. (i just threw a few spoonfuls of puree into part of the batter so i wouldn’t ruin the whole thing if it came out awful)

]]> By: Ali http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-3551 Ali Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:04:56 +0000 http://www.ohheygreat.com/leah/?p=46#comment-3551 The financiers were my first experiment with agave nectar and I am in love. I can't eat wheat or sugar and these truly hit the spot. I brought them to work and shared them with my bosses, both of which can't eat flour or sugar and they loved them too! Even my coworker who eats "normal" food liked them. My boss called later in the day specifically to tell me (again) how much she liked my little cupcakes (she scarfed 3 and then ran to a meeting). Thank you for making everyone in my office happy with your agave nectar modification =) I used regular muffin tins, and they came out fine, though perhaps a bit dry the next day. Tonight I am going to try putting in zucchini.... I'll let you know how that turns out. The financiers were my first experiment with agave nectar and I am in love. I can’t eat wheat or sugar and these truly hit the spot. I brought them to work and shared them with my bosses, both of which can’t eat flour or sugar and they loved them too! Even my coworker who eats “normal” food liked them. My boss called later in the day specifically to tell me (again) how much she liked my little cupcakes (she scarfed 3 and then ran to a meeting). Thank you for making everyone in my office happy with your agave nectar modification =)

I used regular muffin tins, and they came out fine, though perhaps a bit dry the next day. Tonight I am going to try putting in zucchini…. I’ll let you know how that turns out.

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