I’ve been wanting to get this delicious, gluten free chocolate sponge cake recipe on my blog for some time. It’s one of my favourite cakes. It’s quick and easy to make, so ideal if you’re new to baking or you want to whip up a fab cake in a hurry.
This soft chocolate sponge cake is complimented wonderfully with the most irresistible chocolate buttercream, which is based on a Nigella Lawson recipe. I love this classic chocolate sponge cake and hope you do too!
Whilst I absolutely love Christmas cake topped with homemade marzipan and royal icing, I know it’s not for everyone. So, I’ve also had a go a decorating a gluten free Christmas cake with shop bought marzipan and fondant icing.
It’s quick and easy to cover a Christmas cake with fondant icing, and unlike royal icing, (which takes at least 24-48hrs to dry) can be done at the last minute.
My cake decorating skills are not great, so I didn’t have high expectations of how my cake would look. However, I was pleasantly surprised with the end result!
I have two Christmas cake decorating posts on my blog. This one, where I decorate a gluten free Christmas cake with homemade marzipan and royal icing is my favourite, as traditionally, it’s the way I’ve enjoyed Christmas cake over the years. However, as this recipe uses raw eggs it will not be suitable for everybody, so I’ve also shared how I decorated a Christmas cake with shop bought marzipan and fondant icing as an alternative. I’ve also added a few suggestions at the bottom of the page should raw eggs be off limit for you or your precious people.
If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ve probably twigged that the recipes I tend to share, are simply gluten free versions of good old-fashioned classics. I think I lean towards such recipes, as that’s the type of food I grew up eating and what I want to continue enjoying. This gluten free meat and potato pie certainly falls under the good old fashioned classics category. And yet again proves, that by spending a little time in the kitchen, you can satisfy more or less all your food cravings, despite having dietary needs.
This melt in your mouth, shortcrust pastry pie, is jam packed with a tasty combination of chunks of tender beef, onion, carrots, and lots of floury King Edward potatoes. It would make the most welcome and satisfying treat, to pull out of the oven and tuck into when you’re feeling chilly after a long winter’s walk.
I’ve had a couple of enquiries about a gluten free Christmas cake recipe. I love that because of such requests, I’m gently nudged to get on and check out things that can sometimes hang about on my to do list for far too long! Thanks for taking the time to get in touch with your requests and questions, it makes me feel that what I do is of help and value to you.
I’ve always been a huge fan of homemade Christmas cake and feel so fortunate that for as long as I can remember, my mum would make one for us all to tuck into over the festive season. I loved my mum’s Christmas cake so much; we even had it as our wedding cake. However, as I’ve already shared a gluten free version of my mum’s Christmas pudding recipe, I thought it would be nice to ring the changes and work with a Delia Smith Christmas cake recipe. The recipe I used came from the book titled ‘book of cakes’.
Updated 6th October 2022
Oh, I do love a good recipe recommendation. So, when Brenda, my dad’s lovely neighbour, told me that her grandson had requested her sticky gingerbread cake when he next came to stay, my ears pricked up and I wanted to hear more about this recipe that had been so eagerly requested.
After getting all the gingerbread recipe info from Brenda, I tested out a gluten free version for myself and was delighted with the result. This delicious soft gingerbread, with its shiny sticky top, is filled with all the fragrant warming ginger spice you’d typically expect from such a cake. But with the addition of dark muscovado sugar (my little twist on the original recipe), the treacle flavour seems to intensify, making it a perfect bake for a bonfire night gathering!
I cut the recipe for these Dutch shortcake biscuits (dipped in chocolate!) out of the food section in The Telegraph a while ago. The recipe grabbed me, and I knew that eventually I would rustle up a gluten free version and if all went well, I would then share the recipe with you. So here it is.
If you’re a fan of seeds and nuts you’re going to love this Nordic seed and nut loaf.
I first spotted the recipe for this wholesome seed and nut loaf loaf whilst watching Mary Berry’s Love to Cook series on the TV, and it grabbed me immediately. I loved that it was simple to make, naturally gluten free and tightly packed with good stuff.
I’ve had a great fondness for the beautiful seaside resort of Criccieth, in North Wales since holidaying there with my grandparents in the summer of 1982. I adored every minute I got to spend with my grandma and grandad, but our holiday together in Criccieth was extra special and something that I think of often. So, it was an absolute delight to get the chance to return to this magical coastal spot for a couple of days this year.
I rustled up this delicious brown basmati, red camargue and wild rice salad the other day. It happened to be the hottest day on record in the UK and the yummy rice salad proved to be the perfect light lunch to enjoy when the weather was a little too hot to handle!
This fresh, vibrant and extremely flavoursome rice salad works so well with the firm nutty textures of brown basmati, red camargue and wild rice. The ingredients I added to the rice, were based on what I had in at the time and the flavours I was craving on the day.