Gluten-Free lemon poke cake
Ingredients
- 110g brown rice
- 30g tapioca pearls
- 60g potato flour
- 1.5 tsps baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp xanthun gum
- 200g raw sugar
- Peel of 1 lemon
- 2 eggs
- 120g milk of choice (I used almond)
- 105g avocado oil (of grapeseed/coconut/vegetable)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Lemon curd
- 80g coconut oil
- 80g coconut sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
- 45g lemon juice
- 2 eggs
- Preheat an oven to 175°. Line a square baking tin with baking paper.
- Place rice & tapioca pearls into bowl. Place a sheet of paper towel over the top of the bowl & place lid on top. Mill for 1.5 minutes speed 9.
- Add remaining dry ingredients & mix for 5 seconds speed 5. Set aside.
- Add sugar & lemon peel to your bowl & blitz for 8 seconds speed 9 or until resembles wet sand. Add remaining ingredients & mix for 10 seconds speed 5.
- Pour into prepared tin & bake for 33 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- With 10 minutes remaining on the timer start making your lemon curd by adding your peel & sugar to your bowl & blitz for 10 seconds speed 9.
- Insert butterfly & add remaining ingredients for the curd & cook for 8 minutes 80 degrees speed 3.
- Take your cake out of the oven & poke with the back of a wooden spoon. Pour over hot curd to cover all the holes & allow to cool in your turned off oven for 30 minutes. Then refrigerate for an hour before serving.
- Cut into 12 pieces & serve with cream if desired.
