Although I am not gluten intolerant I have a number of friends who are. The majority of my recipes include gluten but I am keen to be able to offer my visitors the option of Gluten Free (GF) dishes. To be honest I am happy to consume GF food seeing it can only be good for you.
I have a dear friend in Sydney who is intolerant to gluten and she has trained me well on how to avoid contamination of knives when cutting food such as cake and bread as well as what to look for with packaged foods. But I want to be able to cook GF too.
Given the isolation and restrictions with Covid19 this has been a perfect opportunity to try out GF recipes and I found this simple cake online, made with rice flour.
I have already cooked and consumed the cake and although I needed to buy a few extra ingredients I found this recipe easy to make. I also froze a few slices, microwaved them wrapped in a paper towel for a few seconds and they were just as fresh as if out of the oven. This cake is superbly light and fluffy.
The recipe is a basic plain cake, the cardamom adding a slight middle eastern twist to the flavour. I served it with Greek yoghurt spread over the top dribbled with pureed frozen blue berries.
It was perfect and next time I will be trying out different serving options. I also found it most pleasurable on its own with my cup of tea or coffee.
Note: In Australia I had difficulty finding ‘powdered sugar’ and found icing sugar as its replacement.
Gluten Free Rice Flour Cake
Ingredients
4 eggs room temp
¾ cup powdered sugar (175 grams)
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup rice flour (60 grams)
4 teaspoons semolina
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
Method
Grease & line base of 8-inch pan, brush paper with butter or spray with oil
Beat eggs and sugar until creamy and fluffy
Add in flour, salt and semolina and combine well
Add in cardamom powder and mix
Pour batter in tin
Tap tin to release air bubbles
Preheated oven to 180 deg
Cook for 30-35 minutes
Allow to cool before slice and serve
Ruth Greening holds a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Psychology & Philosophy. Before retirement, she worked for over 40 years in the corporate world in Melbourne and Brisbane and progressed into senior management positions and project roles for both private industry and government.
In her 70th decade, she continues in casual roles as a freelance writer, model, and actor participating in small movies, TV commercials and User Generated Content.
As a grandmother, she is known as Nanny Babe to her grandchildren and writes from a Baby Boomer perspective on her blog www.nannybabe.com. An avid crafter Ruth actively participates in sewing, crocheting and knitting.
While she continues to pursue her artistic passions, Ruth is dedicated to maintaining her health and fitness as she ages by attending the gym, dancing and walking and thrives on mentoring others.
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