Gluten-Free lemon poke cake

  • Posted on: 3 October 2016
  • By: Monica

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

 

  1. Preheat an oven to 175°.  Line a square baking tin with baking paper.
  2. 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.
  3. Add remaining dry ingredients & mix for 5 seconds speed 5. Set aside.
  4. 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.
  5. Pour into prepared tin & bake for 33 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. 
  6. 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.
  7. Insert butterfly & add remaining ingredients for the curd & cook for 8 minutes 80 degrees speed 3. 
  8. 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.
  9. Cut into 12 pieces & serve with cream if desired.