Whilst I have successfully made gluten free loaves in the breadmaker using Juvela gluten free mix, I’m a novice when it comes to general gluten free bread making. And that includes making gluten free pizza bases too. But as I have been asked on a couple of occasions for a gf pizza base recipe and I’ve also had this recipe on my to do list since launching my blog, I felt it was about time I sorted myself out and work on a pizza base recipe that I could happily share with you.
One of the most requested recipes when I worked on the advice line at Juvela, was for gluten free dumplings. And then generally within the same enquiry, I would be asked about where to purchase gluten free suet?
Gluten free suet can be a bit tricky to get hold of. However, I have a great tip that I’m about to share with you. Which will mean, you no longer have to specifically source gluten free suet to make dumplings or suet puddings!
Updated 21st October 2021
Popped together this gorgeous, gluten free chocolate cake last weekend. The recipe I used, and ever so slightly adapted to make it gluten free, was listed as a ‘Birthday cake’ in Nigella Lawson’s book How To Eat. I love this book so much. Nigella’s writing style is awesome and since writing my own blog I really look at the finer detail of publications…not to copy, but to admire. How To Eat is a recipe book, that not only makes you want to get in the kitchen and bake/cook. But it is also the perfect book to have beside your bed, to pick up for a little joyful night time reading. Beware though, it may just want to make you sneak back down into your kitchen in the middle of the night and crack on with a batch bake!
I’m so chuffed to be sharing this gluten free chocolate marble Easter cake with you. As not only does it look rather cute and tastes great, it was also lovely to have an opportunity to use a savarin tin which had belonged to my mum, to make the cake. And the meaningful tin, with its ready made hole, proved to be just the job to make this chocolate, buttercream and cadburys flake coated Easter cake.
This Easter cake was fun to make and SO easy to jazz up, which is good, as I’m not known for my cake decorating skills. In fact I once got sent home from a friend’s house by her mum for attempting to ‘help’ my very creative friend decorate a special birthday cake. All I can say my assistance, did not have a good influence on the finished cake!
I’m so chuffed to be sharing this gluten free chocolate marble Easter cake with you. As not only does it look rather cute and tastes great, it was also lovely to have an opportunity to use a savarin tin which had belonged to my mum, to make the cake. And the meaningful tin, with its ready made hole, proved to be just the job to make this chocolate, buttercream and cadburys flake coated Easter cake.
This Easter cake was fun to make and SO easy to jazz up, which is good, as I’m not known for my cake decorating skills. In fact I once got sent home from a friend’s house by her mum for attempting to ‘help’ my very creative friend decorate a special birthday cake. All I can say my assistance, did not have a good influence on the finished cake!
I’ve seen gluten free bread come such a long way since I was first diagnosed with coeliac. Gone are the days of having to toast every slice of bread to make it palatable – and also to ensure it stayed intact until you had finished your butty! In fact, some gluten free loaves are so good, there has been occasions I have actually double checked the packaging to make sure it was definitely gluten free!
Yes, so there are lots of great gluten free loaves available and although everybody’s tastes are different, I thought it would be good to share some of my favourite ones with you.
Revised 21st August 2021
I love these chocolate muffins! They’re soft, deliciously rich and chocolatey and easy to make.
I was first introduced to these fabulous chocolate muffins when I worked at Juvela gluten free foods. I think that this recipe, along with the ‘Juvela famed’ gf lemon drizzle cake, are the ones that made me realise just how incredible homemade gluten free cakes could be, and what really got me into the gluten free baking groove!
Although it’s a little late in the day to be sharing these gluten free Burns night buns with you, I thought the fabulous cake toppers I have used, may inspire you for other special events coming up in the future. Valentine’s Day maybe?
Updated 15th September 2021
Last month I shared this great recipe for a gluten free ginger sponge on Juvela’s blog. The original recipe I used for the ginger sponge came from my mum’s handwritten recipe book. It was something my mum would often make for us, as a family, or when we had friends over for tea and it was always a favourite of mine, especially when served up with *custard; I always got the custard skin too, which I think I’ve told you before, I love!
So, now I’ve given you a little ‘background’ into one of my favourite puds, you can imagine my delight, when I finally got around to making a gluten free version, which btw tastes just as good as I remember.
Although I know it’s not the same for everyone, I loved my school dinners. And I remember with fondness, sitting in the classroom, as the delicious (yes, delicious!) smell intensified the closer it got to lunch time, and feeling quite desperate for lessons to finish, so I could get in the dinner queue sharpish.
We were fortunate to have a great school cook called Mrs Dodd. But, she took no messing from us kids, and would think nothing of banging her rolling pin on the counter if we got too rowdy. Mrs Dodd did have a soft heart though, and if we behaved ourselves, we got the chance to scrape out and enjoy the left overs from the large pudding tins. The syrup sponge tin was the best; with lots of ‘sweet gooeyness’ firmly wedged in the corners.
Another favourite pudding of mine, which was regularly served up at our school, was Manchester tart. And, from chatting to other people it appears I’m not on my own with this choice of pud. So, I thought it would be nice to pop together a gluten free version, to take me (and you, I hope) back down, a very happy school dinner memory lane.