Ingredient: butter

Gluten Free Chocolate Orange Christmas Cake

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 Gluten Free Chocolate Orange Christmas Cake
This recipe is an adaptation of Nigella's chocolate fruit cake (making it gluten-free and orange flavoured!). As Christmas cake contains very little flour it's really simple to make it gluten free, especially with Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1:1 baking flour. You just need to replace wheat flour with 1:1 baking flour in any recipe to the same ratio! Happy gluten-free baking this Christmas.
Course Baking, Christmas
Prep Time 60 minutes
Cook Time 1.5-2 hours
Servings
20cm round cake
Ingredients
  • 300 g dried prunes
  • 375 g dried mixed fruit
  • 100 g dried candied peel
  • 175 g dark muscovado sugar
  • 175 ml honey
  • 125 ml cointreau
  • 3 single oranges juice and zest
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 tsp Mixed Spice
  • 175 g butter
  • 3 large eggs beaten
  • 150 g Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour
  • 75 g Ground almonds
  • 1 shot espresso
  • 0.5 tsp Baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp bicarb soda
Course Baking, Christmas
Prep Time 60 minutes
Cook Time 1.5-2 hours
Servings
20cm round cake
Ingredients
  • 300 g dried prunes
  • 375 g dried mixed fruit
  • 100 g dried candied peel
  • 175 g dark muscovado sugar
  • 175 ml honey
  • 125 ml cointreau
  • 3 single oranges juice and zest
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 tsp Mixed Spice
  • 175 g butter
  • 3 large eggs beaten
  • 150 g Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour
  • 75 g Ground almonds
  • 1 shot espresso
  • 0.5 tsp Baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp bicarb soda
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C. Double line your 20cm round cake tin.
  2. Put the fruit, butter, sugar, honey, cointreau, orange juice and zests, spice and cocoa into a large wide saucepan and bring to the boil gently, stirring as the butter melts. Simmer for 10 minutes, and then take off the heat and leave to stand for 30 minutes.
  3. Let the mix cool. Add the beaten eggs, flour, ground almonds, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and combine.
  4. Pour into your prepared cake tin and bake for 1.5-2 hours until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  5. Store wrapped in baking paper in an airtight container.
Recipe Notes

Check out how we decorated this cake here.

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Gluten Free Spiced Sweet Potato Pie

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 Gluten Free Spiced Sweet Potato Pie
A twist on the classic pumpkin pie. We used sweet potato in this delicious gluten free bake, it's easier to find in the UK and tastes that little sweeter than the original.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 60 minutes
Cook Time 60 minutes
Servings
slices
Ingredients
For the pastry
  • 150 g Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour
  • 180 g Chilled Butter
  • 6 tbs Ice Cold Water
  • 1 pinch Salt
For the filling
  • 500 g Sweet Potato
  • 125 g butter
  • 200 g Soft Light Brown Sugar
  • 125 ml Condensed Milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp Mixed Spice
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
Course Dessert
Prep Time 60 minutes
Cook Time 60 minutes
Servings
slices
Ingredients
For the pastry
  • 150 g Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour
  • 180 g Chilled Butter
  • 6 tbs Ice Cold Water
  • 1 pinch Salt
For the filling
  • 500 g Sweet Potato
  • 125 g butter
  • 200 g Soft Light Brown Sugar
  • 125 ml Condensed Milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp Mixed Spice
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
Instructions
For the pastry
  1. Add the gluten free flour and salt to a large mixing bowl and combine. Add the diced chilled butter and work in gently with a fork. Bring together with as much cold water as you need to form a dough.
  2. Transfer the dough into a piece of plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Roll out between two pieces of cling film and transfer to line your pie dish.
For the filling
  1. Boil the sweet potato whole in skin for 40 to 50 minutes until soft. Run cold water over the sweet potato, and remove the skin.
  2. Preheat oven to 180 C.
  3. Break apart the sweet potato in a bowl. Add the butter, and mix well with mixer. Stir in sugar, milk, eggs, mixed spice, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into prepared pastry base.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in centre comes out clean. Serve with a dollop of cream.
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Gluten Free Bakewell Tart

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 Gluten Free Bakewell Tart
We were inspired by last week's bake off to create a gluten free version of Mary Berry's classic bakewell tart! It was easy with Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour - the pastry was so light and flaky. Yum!
Course Dessert
Prep Time 90 minutes
Cook Time 60 minutes
Servings
slices
Ingredients
For the jam
  • 200 g Raspberries
  • 200 g Jam sugar
For the pastry
  • 225 g Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour
  • 150 g butter chilled
  • 25 g Icing sugar
  • 1 large Egg beaten
For the filling
  • 150 g butter
  • 150 g Ground almonds
  • 150 g Caster sugar
  • 1 large Egg beaten
  • 1 tsp Almond extract
For the icing
  • 300 g Icing sugar
  • 1 tsp Almond extract
  • 1 tsp Pink food colouring
Course Dessert
Prep Time 90 minutes
Cook Time 60 minutes
Servings
slices
Ingredients
For the jam
  • 200 g Raspberries
  • 200 g Jam sugar
For the pastry
  • 225 g Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking flour
  • 150 g butter chilled
  • 25 g Icing sugar
  • 1 large Egg beaten
For the filling
  • 150 g butter
  • 150 g Ground almonds
  • 150 g Caster sugar
  • 1 large Egg beaten
  • 1 tsp Almond extract
For the icing
  • 300 g Icing sugar
  • 1 tsp Almond extract
  • 1 tsp Pink food colouring
Instructions
For the jam
  1. Put the raspberries in a saucepan and bash them with a masher. Add the sugar and bring to the boil for 4 minutes. Leave to cool.
For the pastry
  1. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the icing sugar. Add the egg and 1-2 tablespoons cold water, mixing to form soft dough.
  2. Roll out the dough between two sheets of cling film. This really helps when handling gluten free pastry - and will stop it tearing! Line your fluted flan tin and chill for 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Blind bake the pastry case for 15 minutes (using baking beans), then for another 5 minutes with no baking beans.
Fill the base
  1. Spread a thin layer of jam over the base.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar add the ground almonds, egg and almond extract and mix together. Spoon the mixture into the pastry case.
  3. Bake for 35 minutes at 180 degrees.
  4. When cooled, cover with the white icing. Pipe pink lines on the surface and use a cocktail stick to create the feathered design.
  5. Enjoy with a cup of tea, and get someone else to do the washing up!
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