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Gluten-free, Dairy-free Christmas Cake

This is a blend of the most successful Victoria sponge recipe (soon to appear here) and a traditional Christmas cake recipe.

Wheat-based gluten-free bread

Crumpets

At last, a recipe and flour for making gluten free crumpets! These quantities will make about 20 crumpets, but they freeze well (though they are a little tedious to cook).

Waffles

Originally from the San Francisco Chronicle we have adapted this for gluten-free eaters. These are great instead of pancakes and work surprisingly well for gluten-free breakfast goodies. Make them all and keep them warm in the oven (about 190F) until needed. Serve with maple syrup or fruit compote and whipped cream. They also freeze really well and can be toasted from frozen.

Treacle Tart (gluten-free and dairy-free)

This delicious pudding makes a great alternative to Sticky Toffee Pudding. the recipe was inspired by a recipe in The Guardian created by Benjamina Ebuehi, adapted to be gluten and dairy-free.

Candied orange peel

These are best made with Seville (bitter) oranges, but it might also be good to mix these with some sweet oranges for a bit of variety. The finished peel can be dipped into chocolate if you are after something more special.

Gran’s Ginger Biscuits

A recipe I inherited from my grandmother that works surprisingly well with gluten-free flour. They can come out sticky or rock-hard depending on just how much syrup you use (the tablespoon represents the spoon my grandmother would have used, not a exact measure).

Chocolate, salted caramel tart

A great tart for a special occasion.

Victoria Sponge Cake

The best recipe for making a Victoria sponge, even though the ratios of ingredients and the mixing method are not quite traditional.

Orange sandwich creams

You could adapt this recipe to make custard creams by using custard powder instead of orange zest (in biscuit and filling).

Muffins

These muffins are our gluten-free staple, good made with blackberries, cranberries, raspberries and blueberries (not strawberries though). There are also pear and ginger muffins, cinnamon pecan muffins, lemon poppy seed muffins and other inventions yet to be imagined:-) All can be made by adapting this basic recipe.

Lamb barbacoa with chickpea puree

Simple White Bread

A pretty good and simple bread recipe.

Chelsea Buns

Our new discovery Schar Gluten-Free Bread Mix makes great cinnamon rolls and chelsea buns.

Gluten-free Oat Bread

A good-looking loaf of gluten-free bread.

Java Beef Rendang

This came from a website by Bobby Ananta, but the website seems to be long gone. The end result should be a very flavourful, hot and spicy, dry curry.

Lemon Cheesecake (Baked)

Freezer Cookies

This does make a good oatmeal / raisin cookie or chocolate chip cookie.

Carrot Cake

Gluten-free, dairy-free and just as good as anyone else's.

GF Milllionaire’s shortbread

A well-established favourite, but what is really needed is the dairy-free (maybe even vegan) version.

Cinnamon bread

A sweet spicy bread for toasting.

Lemon Chiffon Cake

Lemon Chiffon Cake
Inspired by a recipe in The Guardian by Rajneet Gill, but adapted to be a quarter of the size and to be gluten and dairy free, this a wonderfully light and fresh-tasting cake.

Mom’s Peanut Brittle

This is Derek’s Mum’s recipe and is a tradition for us on Christmas Eve. The quantities are substantial and unless you’re feeling brave with boiling caramel, I’d recommend you halve them for your first few attempts.

Bourbon biscuits

Classic English chocolate biscuits (cookies) – crisp and sandwiched together with chocolate buttercream.

Shortbread ‘Swirls’

Numerous variations exist from simply forgetting the swirling and making them one flavor, to substituting ginger or cinnamon for the cocoa, or orange rind for the lemon rind. Alternatively add 2oz of nuts instead of 2oz of flour, or 2oz of oats or oatmeal instead of 2oz of flour.

Gluten free Bread and Butter Pudding

Not pudding in the american sense – or maybe in the half-way sense. Anyway, this is ‘The Pudding Club’s recipe for bread and butter pudding made with gluten free bread.