Hi - I am making a cake for a relative's 50th birthday next week. The birthday girl has been on a gluten-free diet for a while (allergies and arthritis) so I want to make a small top tier that's GF so that she can enjoy her cake without feeling unwell later. Do you have any recipes that you've actually tried and had success with that you can share? I know the ingredients can be expensive but where this is a small portion that won't be an issue, but I don't want to spend the money on GF flours and things like guar or xantham gum without knowing that the results will actually taste good. Thanks!
Thanks everyone! Sounds like the BC mix is the way to go. I do have quite a few good flourless cake mixes (for Passover) but wanted something more like a traditional birthday cake. It will be on top of a cake board so it won't touch the bottom tier, but she's not that sensitive anyway it's more of a situation where when she avoids gluten she feels well, when she eats it her arthritis and chronic rhinitis flare up. Thanks again!
I have a true flourless chocolate cake, if you are interested. It will serve roughly 16-18 adults, it's super rich, so you only need a small piece. I serve it with ice cream. If you are interested, pm me.
This is a killer cake. A friend once said it was better than any dessert he has had at high end restaurants. You have to like chocolate, though, because it is really all butter and chocolate. My gluten-free friends love it.
Don't forget about cakes that have never had gluten/wheat in them to begin with:
- Cheesecake
- Most tortes
- Flourless cakes
- "Puddings" (Xmas pudding, esp.)
Plus minor alterations: rice flour lady fingers for tiramisu, stacked trifles, etc.
Betty Crocker makes a gluten free yellow cake mix that is pretty good. I've used it several times as a base mix for strawberry cake, apple cake, etc. It's easy and cheaper than buying the things to make one from scratch (it's more expensive than regular cake mixes though).
BC is good but if you can find the King Arthur Flour GF cake mixes they are to die for! The chocolate is the best I've had. I've been GF for 5 years and have made my own versions and used boxed mixes and this one is the best by far. If you can't find King Arthur (usually at Whole Foods) Pamela's is good too!
My favorite is betty crocker gluten free chocolate cake mix. Dump that in a bowl and add a can of pumpkin and 1/4 to 1/3 cup of water. Bake as directed.... its fantastic. Its makes a smaller cake than a normal mix. I'm not sure how sensitive she is(you mention a top tier) but my daughter wouldn't be able to eat it if it touched a regular cake.
