Cauliflower-Cheese Savoury Cakes With Potato Dough
Remember my strawberry-walnut cakes with sour cream and potato dough? You are now looking at its savoury version 
. I wanted to make a savoury version mostly because there was a potato dough involed that would work out nicely with a spread of cheese and sour cream (the fact that I’m a savoury addict has nothing to do with it 
). Oh and by the way, you can also use this spread on your toast in the morning…I did and I loved it!
I did change a couple of things in the dough: I left out the vanilla sugar and the fructose and I added salt (not too much since the Feta in the spread was pretty salty) and chopped parsley instead.
I really enjoy having my side dish veggies in a cake . You can also try making these smaller and serve them as lovely appetizers.
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Ingredients
- • 7 medium new potatoes
- • 300 g bread flour
- • 3 Tbsp (2 Tbsp will find their way into the dough and the remaining Tbsp will be sprinkled over the cakes) fresh curled parsley leaves – chopped (pat dry before chopping them up)
- • Half of a medium cauliflower (or one that’s really small)
- • 7 Tbsp bread crumbs
- • 25 g butter
- • 250 g low fat farmers’ cheese
- • 190 g Feta
- • 3 Tbsp sour cream (12% fat)
- • Salt – to taste
- • Ground white pepper – to taste
Directions
First you need to make the spread. Crumble the Feta and toss in the farmers’ cheese and sour cream. Using a rubber spatula, mix to combine. Cover the bowl with cling film (plastic wrap) and put it in your fridge.
Boil the potatoes. Cut the cauliflower into florets and boil them for 3-4 minutes (cooking time will depend on the size of the florets) then drain well. Once the potatoes are cooked, mash them with a fork while they’re still warm and toss them in a mixing bowl. I ended up with about 11-12 heaping Tbsp of mashed potatoes. You can boil the potatoes and the cauliflower florets in the same time (but using separate pots).
Add the flour, the 2 Tbsp of chopped parsley and some salt (I didn’t add too much salt because my Feta was pretty salty) to the bowl of mashed potatoes. Make the dough (using these four ingredients) and bake the discs as explained here.
In the meantime, melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, spoon the bread crumbs over the entire surface of the skillet and reduce the flame. Stir and fry until the bread crumbs darken a bit (be careful not to burn them!). Toss in the cauliflower florets and season with salt and ground white pepper. Stir gently making sure the bread crumbs stick to the florets. Remove from the heat once the florets are well coated.
All there’s left to do is to assemble the cakes. Take the spread out of your fridge and using your palms form discs out of the cheese mixture (they should have the same diameter as the dough discs). Place the cheese discs on top of the dough discs, then tastefully arrange the coated cauliflower florets on top of the cheese. Sprinkle with the remaining chopped parsley and serve.
Bon appétit
oh my… you really are so creative… that looks so good… i bet it taste good too…
looks yum,..hppy weekend,..
Lore, those look amazing. I really liked your sweet version, and the savory is really nice too. Sour cream and farmers cheese are favorites of mine, so this is going to be a crazy hit
Yummy! That looks crunchy and so good, any kid would eat it without problems!
Oh this is nice. Potato dough…I’m in!
Wow that’s a wonderful recipe and looks so yummy….great one…
Wow — you’re on a kick with cakes, Lore!
Love the combination of flavors.
These are gorgeous
I love the idea of a vegetable cake. Looks amazing!
Wow this looks awesome..very creative and unique
Potato dough sounds interesting. We make our doughnuts with potato dough in Cyprus but this is very creative indeed.
Those are amazing! Forget kids, my husband might eat his veggies!!
Very creative. I really like cauliflower anything.
they look so light and crispy and crunchy and delicious! you are truly an innovative and creative cook–we could all learn a thing or two from you!
hi lore, yummy! i love this recipe and more importantly I can see all your pics now for awhile atleast, ‘ cos I am home in India. will try and make it as soon as I start cooking for now I am enjoying my mother’s food!
Oh my they do look delish and inviting to eat!
Rosie
These vegetable cakes look so delicious. The disks of cheese are a brilliant idea.
I can’t wait to try these as an appetizer. Great job!
I am so digging these! Beautiful and getting your veggis! Nice!
Oh yes – you know you always get me with the savoury card!!
Delicious
Mikky – Gosh, thank you very much
Noyet100 – They were yummy indeed
Hope you’re having a great week!
Adam – I had a hunch you’d like these
Cookie – There’d be a lot of happy mums out there
Cathy – I’m the biggest potato fan
Priti, Lo, JS and Usha – Glad you guys like them
Ivy – Thanks! That brings back such happy memories: the very first recipe I posted on this blog was Sweet Potato Dougnuts
Duckie – You’re right, when it comes to veggies, kids and husbands fall in the same category
Lori Lynn – I am now dreaming of a cauliflower gratin
Grace – Oh my, thank you very much, I am honoured
Rajani – Glad you like it and I’m even more happy that you can see my pics. Your mum must be happy to have you home for a while. Have a wonderful time!
Rosie – Thanks
Christine – They add a nice creamy touch, these cakes just wouldn’t be the same without them
Dragon – Thank you and, as I said, I bet they would look great in a mini-version
Jenny and Kittie – Glad you guys like them
This looks so good, Lore! At first when I saw the photo, I thought it was deep fried crunchy squid, a popular snack when we drink beer in Vietnam
I like Cauliflower but I don’t know a lot methods to cook them. What a good idea Lore! Also, you’re very creative!
the whole recipe sounds so perfect! Particulary the feta cheese spread, can see a lot of creative juice flowing in your way, bravo!
Oh me oh my… Well done! You know how I feel about feta cheese, and this recipe sounds simply scrumptious. Lore, you have outdone yourself with this one, nice combination of flavours.
Van – Thank you so much
Deep fried squid sounds really delish and crunchy, I’d love to try that sometime.
Gattina – You can see right through me
the feta spread is a keeper, I’m now looking forward to my morning toast.
Sam – I think we feel the same about feta
I’m Lore and I’m standing here before you as a proud fetaholic 
I just saw your other savoury cakes too. I love them both as a true fan of things savoury.:)
i *love* this recipe! so creative and looks beyond delicious. the assembly is really clever too. YUM
I ate cauliflower as a kid so this lil’ dish wouls be devoured my moi, said former kid!