Does anyone have a recipe for an amazing gluten free cake?

[nikki1978]

I want to make a cake for a friends birthday and she is gluten intolerant. I am not the best baker in the world so nothing too complicated but I can just about do a cake - had a look online but would like some recommendations really :)

[MamaMotherMummy]

Best cake ever.
www.gimmesomeoven.com/vegan-gluten-free-carrot-cake-recipe/

I am a serial gluten free baking failure, so this was a serious victory for me.
If not vegan you can use eggs instead of flax eggs.

[itsonlysubterfuge]

I love this recipe it's Coconut Flour Banana Bread. I do not need to eat Gluten Free recipes, but this is such a wonderful moist cake and so easy. You literally just chuck everything into a bowl and then bake. My DD(3) loves this recipe as well.

This is also a great recipe for peanut butter banana muffins. I left out the sugar completely and they were plenty sweet. I make them because they are less than 200 calories each and eat them for breakfast!

[DustBunnyFarmer]

I was going to suggest a lemon polenta cake which is made with almonds and polenta in the place of flour, but others have already suggested it. One thing to be careful about is making sure the baking powder is also gluten free. I once booked the lemon polenta cake for a friend's Macmillan coffee morning so there was a gluten-free option, then realised at the end there was flour in the baking powder I've used. Dr Oetker brand does a gluten free baking powder, either in individual sachets or a pot.

[Hoodedmoron]

Another vote for the clementine cake here. I am not a baker but I've managed this a few times and it's delicious. I melted some dark chocolate and drizzled it over the top when it was cool and it looked really lovely.

[piebald]

Delia Smith chocolate roulade

[SleepShake]

Go with Nigella's chocolate olive oil. You can't go wrong with it! Avoids gluten free flour too which makes it nicer.

[Teapot13]

This is a Nigella recipe:
www.nigella.com/recipes/view/CHOCOLATE-OLIVE-OIL-CAKE-5551

I have made it a few times and it is delicious. I would pick an olive oil that does not taste too strongly -- no extra virgin.

[LovelyFriend]

ah see it's been mentioned upthread already :)

[LovelyFriend]

this is an amazing citrus/almond gluten/flour free cake from Nigella. I've cooked it many times and it never fails to impress:

www.nigella.com/recipes/view/clementine-cake-2559

[misssmilla1]

Black bean brownies; made with black bean and no butter or flourwww.skinnytaste.com/2014/02/amazing-flour-less-brownies.html

The trick is to blend the mixture for a really long time to get smooth, not crumbly.

You could easy get this into cake tins instead, and sandwich with some jam or similar

[Sloughcooker]

King Arthur Flour website has a lot of really great gluten free recipes.

[Alfabetibisgeti]

Here it is

[Alfabetibisgeti]

Does it have to be a cake cake?
I have a really easy no bake can't mess up toblerone cheesecake recipe.
Uses gluten free bourbons for the base.
I'll look it out

[ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba]

Thanks for this thread, i also need some recipes for a friend

[Imnotaslimjim]

I'm gluten intolerant, and have used a few different recipes. Most turn out ok just substituting the flour for GF.

this lemon drizzle has to be my absolute favourite though, if you can get your head around the mashed potato element. Its fantastically moist and very moreish

[agoodbook]

looseleaf - its a standby for when my SIL comes ! It came out of an Usbourne childrens cookbook ! - you may just need to check the top, and up the temp a bit to brown it for last 10 minutes - I got a new oven and the temp/time changed :)

[SirVixofVixHall]

Oh and don't use baking powder, use SR gluten free flour, or buy Gluten free baking powder as normal baking powder isn't safe for coeliacs or those with a severe gluten intolerance.

[SirVixofVixHall]

I third Dove's farm. I do loads of gluten free baking, some for a local cafe, and I haven't had a single bog standard recipe fail with it. So use any lovely recipe you like, and just use the Dove's farm as you would normal flour.

[Looseleaf]

Definitely no gluten in almonds (unless contaminated in manufacture I suppose)

I'm going to try your sponge this evening agoodbook, thank you.

I also once made a lemon drizzle cake from the bbc good food website that uses mashed potato- was good!

[SilasGreenback]

Good housekeeping's gluten free lemon drizzle cake is excellent. And also very easy - my 10 year old under supervision from dh who isn't a cake baker made one at the weekend.

www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/food/recipes/lemon-drizzle-loaf

[Thurlow]

Is there no gluten in almonds?

If not, another vote for the Nigella clementine cake. Really easy to make and absolutely delicious.

[Tanaqui]

Nigellas flourless brownies are awesome, and her lemon polenta cake also good- i can do a reasonable "normal" cake with gf flour, but it isn't quite the same.

[smoothieooo]

• Sorry, I meant to clarify adding cocoa butter/melted choc to only ONE of the bowls of sponge mixture!

[smoothieooo]

I second the Dove's Farm SR flour as a substitute for 'normal' flour. I've been a coeliac for over 30 years and have made some cracking cakes. Marble cake is good (and easy) - just divide a plain sponge mixture into 2 separate bowls and add cocoa powder (and melted choc if you like). Add to the baking tin a spoonful from each bowl at a time then carefully drag a chopstick or similar a few times through the mixture for the marble effect.

It's lovely either dusted with icing sugar or with chocolate frosting/icing on top.

I'm hungry for cake now