Hello Dear Reader,
I'm going to a Coffee Morning on Friday to raise money for Macmillan. I'm going to take gluten free cake, so I can buy some back and enjoy a coffee and slice of cake with everyone else. It will be a knickers to calorie counting day. I'm practising a few recipes first as I've not had a lot of success with gluten free cakes in the past.
I also thought I would share the cake carriers I found in Poundland; they stack away easily and are great when you want to transport cake to a social occasion and at a quid each, they are a bargain.
Here's my recipe
Preheat oven to 180. Line a 10" cake tin.
8oz of each of the following: eggs (2oz for a large), plain gluten free flour, butter and caster sugar.
2 level teaspoons of gluten free baking powder, zest of one lemon, two tablespoons of sunflower oil, juice of half a lemon.
For the topping, juice of one and a half lemons and three tablespoons of caster sugar.
Cream the butter and sugar together.
Add the flour, baking powder and eggs and beat together. Beat in the lemon juice, zest and sunflower oil. Gluten free cake can have a grainy texture, the oil helps moisten.
Bake for 45 minutes.
Topping - place the lemon juice and sugar in a mug and heat in the microwave on full power for one minute. Stir well and spoon onto the top of the cake. The most difficult part is leaving it to cool so you can eat it.
Over to you, if you were off to a coffee morning, which cake would have you donate generously? I want to make popular cakes to help boost the funds of Macmillan.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxx