This wonderful gluten free gingerbread cake recipe is from Everyday Gluten Free, a self-published gluten free cookbook by Kim Wilson. This cake is moist, dairy-free, sugar-free, egg-free, nut-free, soy-free, (and corn-free, if you use a corn-free baking powder such as Hain’s Featherweight). The only sweeteners it calls for are natural. What more could anyone ask for? Stay tuned in for more of Kim’s recipes, book reviews, and giveaways, now through Saturday.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup teff flour or sorghum flour
- 1/3 cup light buckwheat flour
- 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. ground ginger
- ½ tsp. ground cloves
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ¾ cup warm water
- 1/3 cup oil/butter
- ½ cup molasses*
- ¼ cup honey (or agave or maple syrup)
- 1 cup applesauce
- 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup ground flax
- ¾ cup brown rice flour
Instructions:
- Combine all the ingredients above the line [in Step 1], allowing the mixture to set for several minutes for the brown rice flour to hydrate. Combine the ingredients below the line [in Step 2] in a separate mixing bowl. Combine wet and dry mixtures and then pour into an oiled 8 ½ x 11 rectangular baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
Tips
* increase/decrease amount depending upon intensity of molasses
Fancy Version:
Make this an “Upside Down Cake” by layering the bottom of the cake pan with thinly sliced pears or apples before pouring in the cake batter. It’s really special when baked in a cast-iron skillet. Scrumptious, and a beautiful autumn presentation!
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Excerpted from Everyday Wholesome Soup by Kim Wilson © 2010 Kim Wilson. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
The gingerbread looks great. How much brown rice flour is required? The first instruction says allow the brown rice flour to hydrate but the ingredients list does not include it.
Hi Ivey,
The brown rice amount is 3/4 cup. It is included in the list of ingredients as the last one in the list.