It's my Mum's birthday on the 27th June, and I said I would bake her a birthday cake. While she has no dietary requirements, my step-father has coeliac disease; this means he's intolerant of gluten.
Compared to the number of recipes which contain gluten, there are very few which don't. In my experience, gluten free cakes have been dense and not all that enjoyable to eat, so I've been trying to find one which would be light and fluffy, like normal sponge cakes are.
Enter the potato cake, cunningly disguised as a gluten-free lemon drizzle cake.
Basically, in place of the flour, use mash potato. Yummy, huh?
So, with a few friends either unimpressed (or in one case laughing) about the idea, I made it.
Having allowed it to cool, about ten minutes ago I cut a slice, and while crossing my fingers tasted it….
…I have to say that it's one of the nicest cakes I've tasted. It's moist (due the the potatoes retaining moisture during the cooking), fluffy, and almost melts in the mouth.
I definitely recommend trying it yourselves. My only suggestion is that you don't tell anyone who's tasting it about the mash until after they've finished :)
