your best ground almond/other flourless baking recipes?

[MarthaFarquhar]

got a mate coming for lunch on weds who has coeliac disease. I would like to do a cake, but have previously had bad results using rice/other substitute flours. Does anyone have a good flourless or almond cake recipe?

I know I can just do fruit or mousse or something but I know would prefer a good homemade cake!

TIA

Haven't tried it - but THIS Orange and Cranberry torte looks gorgeous.

this is divine.

river cafe easy pistachio cake divine

wow - thanks all.
any chocolatey ones at all?
(that part is my request, not my guest's)

I think there is a Giorgio Locatelli one somewhere, his DD has allergy.

But again def there is one in River Cafe Easy/Easy 2.

There is prob also a Choc Brownie one somewhere - the Nigel Slater one I do only has 60g of flour in so I expect its easy changeable w ground almonds instead.....

here is a flourless brownie one

Have you tried the Dove's Farm self raising flour? My ds went gluten free about three months ago and I've just carried on baking as usual using Dove's Farm SR or Plain Flour as the recipe requires. Everything has come out fine so far, although I have had to adjust baking times slightly.

They sell it at most supermarkets.

Another tip is, if using alternative flours (such as rice or tapioca) buy xanthan gum and add some to give the flour more stretch/snap. You don't need to do with with the Dove's Farm flour though as it already has some added.

Also, make sure any baking powder you might use is gluten free. A lot of them contain wheat flour.

Failing all that:

Easy Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

I have the most divine rich chocolate squidgey log

It does have a lot of eggs 8 in total and they will be raw in the filling - would you like?

Try this flourless chocolate almond cake have done and it is very good.
Alternatively Claudia Roden orange almond cake is the easiest ever and always goes down well here and you can always pour a melted bar of Green and Blacks Maya Gold over it-yum

thanks again everyone! ivykaty I would love to see your recipe.

for the cake:
6 eggs seperated
5oz caster sugar
2oz coco powder

first place the egg yolks ina basin and whisk until the thicken and add the sugar and whisk again until thicker - but not too thick. Now put the coco powder in.

Now whisk up egg whites to soft peaks stage and fold them into the egg yolk mixture.

Now an oblong tin 29cmx18 or 12"x 7"

lined and grased underneith the lining and around the sides.

put the mixture into the tin and pop in the oven for 25 mins on gas4 when the cake come out of the oven and cools it will shrinke as there is no flour in it.

put a peice of grease proof paper on the kitchen counter and spread icing cugar heavily (really heavey otherwise the cake will stick to the paper) on the paper - then turn the cake out of the tin and peel the lining from the bottom of the cake.

Now the filling - either buy sweetned chestnut purree. Or make the filling

2eggs
2 tablesppon of water
8oz plain choclate
8floz double cream

melt the chocolate and added water either on a bain marie or in the microwave.

Seperate the eggs and beat the egg yolks and then put them into the chocolate mixture and beat again. Then beat the egg whites till stiff and then fold them into the chocolate mix and mix until one consitencey.

Now spread the mixture over the choclate cake base and whip up the cream and spread on top.

then very carefully roll up the paper and the log will crake and the icing suggar will be dusted over the roll.

serve in small portions as very rich.

sounds great - ta very much

Bumping thread as am coming back in the morning and don't want to lose your gorgeous ideas...

delia squidgy chocolate log (bit like the recipe on the post). Nigella clementine cake (in How to Eat) and chocolate version (feast?).

thanks pickle- I have got how to eat, but had not tried that recipe before.

it is great, but be careful about how long you cook it. It can vary according to the clementines and how juicy they are. I've made it four times, three great one too moist so should have baked longer.

I second Nigella's clementine cake. I decorated it with drizzled Maya Gold chocolate which worked really well.

I made an Orange and Almond cake last week for a do and it was so good I made another. It takes 5 minutes, quickest cake in the world. You blitz a whole uncooked unpeeled orange in the processor and then its all in one. Can't remember where I got it from.

But - it has some flour in so no good here.

Also just found in my recipe book a yum sounding Italian Hazelnut Cake with no flour in. Can post recipe if interested.

Try Nigel slater's hot chocolate puddings (google it I can't do weblinks). Gorgeous. And if you put it in a cake tin and overcook it, the same recipe makes cake

Another vote for Nigella's clemetine cake. Just divine. Also is chocolate roulade - looks like a swiss roll, taste like mousse.

these all look great. I have bought the ingredients for the clementine cake, but am now hankering for the Nigel Slater chocolate thingy!