Gluten-free birthday cake sponge

  • Portion size: Serves 12-16
  • Hands on time 20 min, oven time 25-30 min
  • Difficulty: easy

Phil Vickery’s gluten-free sponge cake recipe keeps all the fun of a birthday cake, just without the wheat flour.

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Ingredients

  • 225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 397g tin condensed milk, at room temperature
  • 75g potato starch
  • 200g brown rice flour
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  • 3 level tsps gluten-free baking powder
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp glycerine
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Butter and brown rice flour, to prepare the cake tins
  • Filling and decorations of your choice
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Grease 2 x 23cm round cake tins really well, then dust with brown rice flour. Knock out the excess flour.
  2. Place the softened butter and condensed milk in a mixing bowl and mix them together. Add the starch, rice flour and beaten eggs and stir well. 3. Next, add the baking powder, vanilla extract, glycerine, oil and 3 tablespoons of warm water and mix well, preferably with an electric whisk.
  3. Spoon or pour the mixture into the prepared tins. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until well risen and lightly browned.
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  5. Once cooked, leave to cool in the tins. Once cooled, remove from the tins. To finish, sandwich together with your favourite filling and decorate as desired.

Quick wins & tips

Once cooked this cake will dry out quickly, so keep it well-wrapped in an airtight container

Make Ahead

This cake is best eaten fresh, but you can wrap it in foil or clingfilm for up to 2 days until needed.

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