The gluten-free and lactose-free Margherita cake is a simple yet very delicious dessert that is perfect for those who need to exclude gluten from their diet.
Making it at home is not difficult, and with simple and easily available ingredients, you can enjoy a satisfying dessert like any other cake.
Moreover, most importantly, it will have the unrivaled taste of homemade desserts. As we know, supermarket shelves today offer a good variety of gluten-free desserts, unfortunately, they lack that typical homemade taste.
Especially if children need to avoid gluten, how important it is for us mothers to select the ingredients that will compose it!
Sometimes the industry, in the preparation of confectionery products and not only, to compensate for the lack of taste, overdoes it with sugars and flavors, which is evidently not healthy.
I’m sure you’ll like this Margherita cake, it can be enjoyed in its simplicity or filled with cream and thus become a delicious birthday cake!
One recommendation, it is always necessary to check that every single ingredient used is gluten-free.
This is to ensure that what we are about to make at home with so much love is indeed free of this protein!
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economic
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 339.24 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 56.13 (g) of which sugars 22.90 (g)
- Proteins 5.22 (g)
- Fat 12.22 (g) of which saturated 1.92 (g)of which unsaturated 9.70 (g)
- Fibers 0.40 (g)
- Sodium 76.49 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 95 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups rice flour
- 3/4 cup cornstarch (cornflour) gluten-free
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup plant-based milk
- 1/2 cup sunflower seed oil
- 1 packet baking powder
- lemon zest (from one lemon)
- 1 pinch salt
- to taste powdered sugar
Tools
- Electric Whisk
- Spatula silicone
- Pan 9-inch springform
- Grater for citrus
- 1 Sieve
Steps
To prepare the gluten-free and lactose-free Margherita cake, separate the whites from the yolks and beat the egg whites with a pinch of fine salt until stiff.
In a separate bowl, work the yolks with sugar using an electric whisk.
Continue until a light and fluffy mixture is obtained, it will take about 5 minutes.
Add to the yolk mixture the grated zest of an untreated lemon and sunflower seed oil and, continuing to work with the electric whisk, then add the plant-based milk, flour, and starch, and finally the sifted baking powder.
With the help of a silicone spatula and gentle movements from bottom to top, incorporate the egg whites into the mixture.
Once a well-mixed batter is obtained, pour it into a springform pan, well oiled with sunflower oil, and dusted with rice flour.
Bake in a static oven, already hot, at 338°F (170°C) for about 35 minutes on the medium/low level of the oven.
Always do the toothpick test before removing from the oven.
Let it cool slightly before removing the cake from the mold.
Once cold, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
The gluten-free and lactose-free Margherita cake is thus ready.
In an airtight container for cakes, or under a glass dome, it keeps at room temperature for about 4 days.
If you decide to fill the cake with cream, keep it well closed in the fridge for about 3 days.
If you decide to fill the cake with cream, keep it well closed in the fridge for about 3 days.
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