Ingredient: bicarb soda

Gluten-free Christmas Gingerbread

Our best ever gluten-free gingerbread! This recipe creates soft and chewy gingerbread which do not crumble or fall apart.

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Gluten-free Christmas Gingerbread
The recipe uses Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Baking Flour, a blend of garbanzo bean (chickpea) flour, potato starch, whole grain white sorghum flour, tapioca flour and fava bean flour. We added xanthan gum to help create rise and an authentic texture.
Course Baking, Christmas
Servings
depending on cutter size
Ingredients
  • 350 g Bob's Red Mill All Purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Xanthan Gum
  • 1 tsp bicarb soda
  • 3 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 175 g soft brown sugar
  • 5 tbsp golden syrup
  • 1 Egg
  • 100 g dairy free spread
  • Icing sugar
  • Decorations of your choice
Course Baking, Christmas
Servings
depending on cutter size
Ingredients
  • 350 g Bob's Red Mill All Purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Xanthan Gum
  • 1 tsp bicarb soda
  • 3 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 175 g soft brown sugar
  • 5 tbsp golden syrup
  • 1 Egg
  • 100 g dairy free spread
  • Icing sugar
  • Decorations of your choice
Instructions
  1. Mix the flour, xanthan gum, bicarb, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl. Rub in the butter using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  2. Add the soft brown sugar (making sure any lumps are broken up). Mix in the golden syrup and egg until the mixture forms a dough - add a little water if needed.
  3. Knead the dough lightly on a flour dusted surface into a ball. Wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  4. Roll out to a thickness of 5mm (between two sheets of cling film is easiest!) Cut into shapes, transfer to a lined baking tray, bake for 10-12 minutes until golden in colour. Allow to cool and decorate as you wish!
Recipe Notes

We experimented by decorating them with healthy alternatives to sweets. We chose dried apricots, sultanas and cranberries alongside toasted, flaked almonds. They give a more grown up and natural look and taste great.

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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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