Is it possible to bake something genuinely tasty that is gluten and dairy free?

[KBwan]

And if so, please can I have the recipe?
Half of my family seems to be on a gluten and dairy free mission at the moment. Good for them.
However, I've offered to host a tea party for my DM's birthday, and all the recipes I've tried so far with gluten-free flour (even when I increase the liquid) seem sort of 'wholesome' and, frankly, a bit unpalatable.
My sister-in-law made some chocolate brownies with avocado and soya milk, which didn't change my opinion about 'free from' baking, but did make me re-evaluate all those times before she said she'd liked my cakes!

I know I can make flapjacks, but is there a cake or some other sort of biscuit that genuinely tastes right without those delicious gut irritations?
All ideas gratefully received.

I have recently bought Cake Angels by Julia Thomas, I made a Blackcurrant Swirl Cake for my birthday and another to take into work and everyone who tasted it said it was delicious and they wouldn't have known any difference if I hadn't told them it was dairy and gluten free.

Blimey - you guys are brilliant - thank you so much!

Loads of things that look like they might actually work (and won't have me apologising in advance of people attempting to eat it!). Suddenly I'm not dreading next weekend nearly as much.

I really appreciate all your ideas and will stop trawling the internet and use your suggestions instead.

PS - don't let this be the end of the inspiration though, keep the ideas coming as I think this will be good at pushing me away from my usual 3 egg sponge variations.

Much as I dislike the man, Jamie Oliver's website has recently added lots of df/gf etc. recipes. Well worth a look.

These brownies are DELICIOUS!!!

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-brownies

We cook them a little longer to make them a bit crispier but they are totally, totally yummy. Waitrose sell Aduki beans...

www.nigella.com/recipes/view/LEMON-POLENTA-CAKE-5308.

Absolutely delicious . You will need to replace the butter with the appropriate magarine but it should work OK.

Ground almonds, black chocolate, and coconut butter are your friends. If you want to go egg free as well, flax seeds ground and mixed with water will replace them fine.

I find that you can take any cookies/brownies/moist cake (not fluffy ones) recipe that you like and substitute the flour for ground almonds, the butter for coconut butter and if necessary the eggs for flax seeds and it will be just as good (sometimes better!)

If you want it a bit lighter you can also substitute butter for apple puree. Seriously. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference, other than you can eat more of it.

One that goes down very well at home (not egg free) is
200g chocolate
200g coconut butter
200g sugar
70g almond powder
5 eggs

melt chocolate and butter together, separate egg whites from yolks, cream egg yolks and sugar, mix almond powder, chocolate mix and sugar mix, whisk egg whites until stiff, fold in and bake until outside is firm but middle is still slightly moist and undercooked.

Another is this

Not RTFT, but has anyone mentioned the Hairy Biker's Nutella cake yet?

Gluten free and gorgeous.

IME the most successful GF recipes are the ones that were meant to be anyway, iykwim.

Although Dove's Farm SR flour (GF) makes excellent pancakes.

Nutella is not dairy free.

Sorry, didn't notice the dairy bit

At a loss then, OP, sorry.

As far as I know this is gluten free and moist & yum:
Simple chocolate orange cake

1orange
6eggs
1heaped tsp baking powder (or substitute raising agent)
1/2tsp bicarbonate soda
200g ground almonds
250g caster sugar
50g cocoa

Grease & line a cake tin (20cm) oven at 180C
Put orange in pan & cover with cold water, bring to boil & cook for 1 1/2hrs til soft. Drain. When cooled a little, halve, blitz orange in food processor, cool a little more.

Add the eggs to orange &baking powder, bicarbonate, almonds, sugar, & cocoa. Blend well, scraping at least once.

Pour into cake tin and bake for 1hr. Check after 45 mins & lower oven to 160, bake for last 15 mins

Leave to cool in tin

I made this chocolate fudge cake recently and it was a big hit.

I made it just gluten free (for my MIL) but the recipe does state it can be dairy free too.

The cakes/ bake book by Hannah Miles is brilliant- she also does a savoury one.

The Gluten Free Baker