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Dairy and gluten free cakes that taste great!!

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MistyB · 15/03/2012 12:15

Sadly not also egg free so not suitable for everyone but I am having a great time baking cakes from Harry eastwood's red velvet and chocolate heartache book. The cakes use vegetables instead of butter (so added bonus of one of your five a day!!)). The ones with potatoes and squash are great, not so much the courgette ones in my opinion. They use rice flour which tastes better than many of the flour mixes around. Last night I made the most fab (for a GF / DF) Victoria sponge cake made with potatoes. It's not an allergy specific book so there are butter icing recipes and some cakes have ground almonds in but there are enough options to choose from!!

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reastie · 15/03/2012 13:14

ohh, have to look that book up as I'm gf and they sound fab, plus, I cna eat cake and tell myself I'm being healthy Grin

stepmad · 15/03/2012 19:02

Looking that up as well sounds lovely hoping that using egg repalcer or vinger oil and soda will work

Bonkerz · 15/03/2012 19:06

What's the recipe for DF sponge? It's my DS first birthday in a few weeks and he is cows milk protein intollerence!

Iggly · 15/03/2012 19:07

Marks spot to read later

MistyB · 15/03/2012 21:42

GF / DF Sponge

2 18cm x 5cm loose bottomed tins, lined on the bottom and lightly oiled on the side.
Preheat oven to 180C / Gas mark 4

Whisk 3 medium eggs with 150g caster sugar for 4 minutes until pale and fluffy. Whisk in 200g of peeled and finely grated potato (if you don't finely grate it, the cake is a little lumpy!)
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, 100g of rice flour, 2tsp baking powder, 1/4tsp of salt and ensure the mixture is well combined.

Pour into the two tins and cook for 20 minutes until golden, risen and cooked through.

Cool for 20 minutes, sandwich together with jam and dust the top with icing sugar.

Polish your halo and enjoy your fat free cake!!

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