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Home ยป Free From Recipes ยป Dairy-free Recipes ยป Gluten and dairy-free lemon or orange polenta cake

27th May 2013 ·

Gluten and dairy-free lemon or orange polenta cake

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Finally we have got to the bottom (no pun intended) of our lo’s ongoing symptoms since her diagnosis nearly 3 years ago…dairy.  I have to say, I am really rather cross about this as for the last 3 years I have been discussing my concerns with her consultant, only to be told that there was no way that her symptoms could be due to dairy and that she just had IBS!

Having had a milk protein allergy and egg allergy until 2 years old, it never seemed that far fetched to think that she could be intolerant to dairy still…but according to the medical profession this was impossible!  Anyway, I decided to take things into my own hands a few weeks ago, and with some protest, removed all dairy from big fuss pot’s diet.  Within a week of doing so her symptoms had disappeared.  At that point we wanted to jump up and down and shout with excitement, but knowing how up and down her symptoms can be we decided to play it safe and wait a few more weeks before declaring our new found knowledge to be true.  So here we are…almost 3 years after diagnosis…finally with a child who goes to the toilet like everyone else!  We are all very excited, including big fuss pot, who called me to the bathroom with great enthusiasm to tell me about her first ‘proper’ toilet trip!

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Anyway, enough about toilets…and on to another great recipe.  Of course, from now on all my recipes will be gluten and dairy free!  This one is particularly easy, especially if you are new to gluten-free cooking and don’t want to ‘experiment’ with using gluten-free flours.  I found the recipe on the good-to-know website and made a few adaptations to get to this.  Tonight I made it with 3 tablespoons of orange marmalade and 50g less sugar.  I then cut it in half and sandwiched it back together with butter icing and more marmalade.  The recipe below, however, makes a delicious cake in its own right…or topped with fruit.

 

Gluten and dairy-free lemon or orange polenta cake

Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Soya-free
4.20 from 5 votes
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Author Vicki Montague, the Free From Fairy

Ingredients
  

  • 200 g dairy free margarine
  • 200 g white sugar - 150g if using marmalade
  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • 200 g ground almonds
  • 150 g fine maizemeal or polenta - not the quick cook variety
  • 1 tsp gluten-free baking powder
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon or orange plus the juice or 3 tbsp marmalade
  • Optional 1/4tsp almond extract

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees or 160 degrees for a fan oven
  • Whisk (cream) the spread and the sugar together until light and fluffy
  • Add the remaining ingredients and mix well
  • Grease a 20cm loose-bottomed round cake tin and add the mixture, smoothing the top
  • Place in the pre-heated oven for 40-45 minutes until just firm to touch and golden on top
  • Leave to cool for 5 minutes in the tin before turning out and leaving to cool on a wire rack
  • Serve plain, slice into 2 and fill with buttercream and jam/marmalade, or top with toasted flaked almonds, fruit such as raspberries or cooked rhubarb.
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A cupcake version…so versatile!

 

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  1. Lily Brdaric says

    14th October 2019 at 8:10 am

    5 stars
    A delicious recipe. I didnt have marmalade jam, so substituted with apple and rhubarb jam instead, and adding some lemon juice. It turned out very well. A keeper of a recipe.

    • Vicki Montague says

      15th October 2019 at 11:37 am

      Hi Lily, lovely to hear that you enjoyed the cake. It sounds wonderful with your substitution!

  2. LB says

    14th August 2016 at 3:55 pm

    You have said cream the spread and sugar in the instructions. I can’t see spread in the ingredients.please can you clarify how much spread to use?

    • LB says

      14th August 2016 at 4:05 pm

      I realised you meant if using the marmalade! Sorry!

  3. helen price says

    26th July 2016 at 7:20 pm

    This isn’t dairy free as it has eggs in it.

    • Vicki Montague says

      27th July 2016 at 12:01 pm

      If you are vegan then you cannot eat eggs but dairy is all products made from milk…nothing to do with eggs!

  4. plasterers bristol says

    18th July 2016 at 9:37 am

    Yum yum. Such a delicious recipe. Thanks for sharing this.

    Simon

    • Vicki Montague says

      18th July 2016 at 10:42 am

      Glad you like it!

  5. Suzy Tiffany says

    21st November 2013 at 5:22 pm

    This looks lovely x it gets me so angry when the docs say outright there is no problem, after doing no tests or proper investigations, or even taking a symptom diary grrrrrr!! Xx

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