Recipe: Gluten Free White Birthday Cake

There are a lot of great gluten free cake recipes out there (and pre-made mixes), but sometimes it takes a certain taste for birthday cake. If you follow a gluten free diet, here is a gluten free birthday cake mix you might enjoy.

Gluten Free White Birthday Cake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. White Rice Flour
• 1/2 c. Sorghum Flour
• 2/3 c. Tapioca Flour
• 1/3 c. Potato Starch
• 1 c. White Cane Sugar
• 2 teas. Baking Powder
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 t. xanthan gum
• 3/4 c. (1 1/2 sticks) softened butter or margarine
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 t. vanilla
• 1/2 c. milk-any type

Recommended frosting: Pillsbury French Vanilla Frosting (now gluten free)

Baking Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350.
2. Grease pans (this recipe makes 16-18 cupcakes, 2 6-inch round layers, 9-inch square, or a 10-inch round)
3. Throughly combine the first 8 dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
4. Place softened butter in mixer bowl and beat until fluffy.
5. Add flour mix to butter, blending on lowest setting until combined, then changing to setting “2″ on the mixer until mixture is crumbly, about 1 minute.
6. In small bowl, lightly whisk eggs and vanilla together.
7. Add eggs to mixer and mix until smooth and thick, about 1 minute.
8. Add milk and mix for 1 more minute.
9. Pour into prepared pan and bake until toothpick is clean.
10. Time will depend on the shape of your pan, but should be about 24 minutes for cupcakes, 45 minutes for a loaf pan.
11. Allow to cool in pans for about 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack.
12. Frost when cool.

[Recipe Courtesy of Amanda's Random Rambling]