Gluten free cake? Is it possible?

You are the new Lou05 ?

SJ13 gave me a lovely orange based recipe once. Had ground almonds instead of flour. That's not going to help you much unless she pops up on here soon as I don't have the recipe any more. Was good though.

Nigella's clementine cake, her choc and orange cake, her flourless brownies - honestly there are gluten-free recipes for cake agogo out there. I think the better ones use ground almonds instead of flour, rather than gluten free flour. Remember if any baking powder you use will need to be gluten free too.

1.Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4.

2.Line the bottom of a 23cm Springform cake tin with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate either in a double boiler or a microwave, and then let the butter melt in the warm chocolate.

3.Beat the 2 whole eggs and 4 egg yolks with 75g caster sugar, then gently add the chocolate mixture, the Cointreau and orange zest.

4.In another bowl, whisk the 4 egg whites until foamy, then gradually add the 100g of sugar and whisk until the whites are holding their shape but not too stiff. Lighten the chocolate mixture with a dollop of egg whites, and then fold in the rest of the whites. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for about 35 to 40 minutes or until the cake is risen and cracked and the centre is no longer wobbly. Cool the cake in it's tin on a wire rack; the middle will sink as it cools.

5.When you are ready to eat, place the still tin-bound cake on a cake stand or plate for serving and carefully remove the cake from its tin. Don't worry about cracks or rough edges: it's the crater look we're going for here. Whip the cream until soft and then add the vanilla and Cointreau and continue whisking until the cream is firm but not stiff. Fill the crater of the cake with the whipped cream, easing it out gently towards the edges of the cake, and dust the top lightly with cocoa powder pushed through a tea-strainer.

Thanks everyone.

I'll definitely look for a recipe using almonds then. I didn't realise about the baking powder so thank you JK.

Pink alien - that sounds lovely but I'm not sure how well that would travel.

That was probably Nigella's Clementine Cake. It is lush.

My cousin is coeliac and diabetic and we managed to get a small individual cake made for him for the wedding. So yes, it is possible.

ETA: A lot of supermarkets have free from... ranges as well - Sainsbury's and Waitrose definitely as I've bought from them for my cousin.