Recipes

Coffee & Walnut Cake

A light coffee fatless sponge, split and filled with unsweetened cocoa whipped cream, topped with walnuts and a dusting of cocoa. Gluten-free and low in sugar, thanks to a caster sugar and monk-fruit sweetener blend that still supports the egg foam.

French Apricot & Almond Cake

A light, moist Provençal-style gâteau with ripe apricots, lemon and almond — adapted for Doves Farm Freee plain flour, reduced sugar and a tender gluten-free crumb. The ripe fruit does much of the sweetening, so it's intentionally less sweet than most French apricot cakes.

Lemon & Raspberry Trifle

A light English trifle — gluten-free fatless sponge soaked in fresh lemon juice and dry sherry, layered with homemade vanilla custard, tangy lemon curd, fresh raspberries and softly whipped cream, finished with toasted flaked almonds.

Gluten-Free Carrot Cake

A reduced-sugar gluten-free carrot cake. This recipe is less sweet than most, using a small amount of sugar and a small amount of monk fruit sweetener (combined, less than a conventional recipe). The cream cheese frosting is also lower in sugar than conventional recipes and can be easily adapted to be lactose-free, goat or dairy-free.

Reduced-Sugar Gluten-Free Black Forest Gateau

A gluten-free, reduced-sugar Black Forest gateau — three light chocolate sponges, fresh cherry filling sharpened with kirsch and lemon, vanilla cream stabilised with mascarpone, finished with grated dark chocolate. Homemade-rustic, not showroom-perfect.

Crème Brûlée

A vanilla-pod crème brûlée with a no-sugar custard base — goat milk and A2 cream for a lighter, cleaner set, finished with a crisp brûléed top.

Gluten-Free Mango Tart

A gluten-free shortcrust tart filled with mango crème pâtissière and finished with a fresh mango rose — no refined sugar, the fruit does the sweetening.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Walnut Gateau

A whisked gluten-free chocolate sponge layered with caramelised walnut cream and chocolate praline mousse — rich, nutty and not too sweet.

Gluten-Free Banoffee Pie

The Carnation classic, made gluten-free with a GF digestive base. Sweet, rich, properly indulgent.

Gluten-Free Profiteroles

Properly puffed GF choux — crisp shell, soft inside, dark chocolate over the top. Best eaten the day they're filled.

English Sherry Trifle

A classic English sherry trifle — perfect for Christmas, summer BBQs and anything in between.

Chocolate Soufflé Tart with Vanilla Poached Pears

An elegant baked chocolate mousse tart with a crisp GF pastry shell, served with gently poached vanilla pears. Lightly souffléed, softly set, and not overly sweet.

Gluten-Free English Scones

Delicious — a little crumblier than a non-GF scone but 100% of the taste.

Bakewell Tart (Low-Sugar, Gluten-Free Pastry)

A gluten-free, low-sugar take on the classic almond and raspberry frangipane tart.

Bakewell tart

A gluten-free, low-sugar take on the classic almond and raspberry frangipane tart.

Lemon curd cake

A very light gluten-free lemon sponge with low sugar and butter, sandwiched with lemon curd and softly whipped cream.

Light French Apple Cake

A French-style gluten-free apple cake — apples make up half the cake by weight, kept light with separated eggs and reduced sugar.

Blackberry Genoisse Recipe

A light gluten-free genoise sponge layered with cream and blackberry jam — reduced sugar and butter throughout.

Chocolate, pear, walnut cake

A flourless chocolate layer cake with whipped cream, walnuts and pears — naturally gluten-free, with reduced sugar.

The lightest double chocolate layer cake

A flourless, butterless double chocolate layer cake — naturally gluten-free, low-fat and low-sugar, with a chocolate mousse middle.